Manigault v. Manigault is an unpublished April 2008 opinion from the South Carolina Court of Appeals. In Manigault, I represented a husband who, prior to my representation, failed to show up for trial and was not happy with the result. He retained me to petition the family court to reopen the case based on his confusion regarding the final hearing. The family court agreed to reopen the case and his wife appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the family court’s decision, finding that the family court judge did not abuse her discretion in reopening the case.
The wrong times to be starting marital or custody litigation
One of my earliest blogs addressed the idea that the family court only has jurisdiction over a child’s custody for a period of
Don’t ask your attorney to alter his or her preparation procedure
Every trial lawyer with even a few years of practice develops set procedures to prepare for hearings and trial. In my case there
In South Carolina family court, is all social media usage discoverable?
In divorce or child custody cases, I personally don’t like issuing broad discovery requests for the opposing party’s social media usage. Until a
