Manigault v. Manigault is an unpublished April 2008 opinion from the South Carolina Court of Appeals.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.
I regularly hear from potential clients who want to seek or modify custody when they are happy with the actual status quo on
A cross-examination question for every custody witness
Continuing with the theme of my repeated violations of the Fourth Commandment of Irving Younger’s Ten Commandments of Cross Examination—“Don't ask a question
On cross examination, ask when it can’t hurt to ask
When I attended law school (1988-91) there were few educational videos on the practice of law. The most famous one was Irving Youngers
