May 28, 2010
A couple of interesting things are happening in yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bodkin v. Bodkin, 388 S.C. 203, 694 S.E.2d 230 (2010), which, with one
How would Obamacare critics respond to this family?
May 25, 2010
I received a call from a woman yesterday wanting to know the process of turning over custody of her son to her parents. Typically when
May 25, 2010
Last Friday I attended a motion in which the primary issue was whether my client’s discovery request was a “fishing expedition.” The term “fishing expedition”
More thoughts on the election of judges
May 23, 2010
Shortly after the South Carolina Supreme Court rejected Judge Segars-Andrews’ appeal seeking to overturn the decision of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission that she was
May 23, 2010
The first in a series on Child Protective Services in South Carolina was published in today’s Charleston Post & Courier: State of Abuse. This initial
May 22, 2010
Very early in my career I handled my first contested custody case which resulted in my client, a young medical student, obtaining custody of his
The attorneys or clients who cry wolf
May 21, 2010
In Aesop’s fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” a shepherd boy entertains himself by repeatedly pretending a wolf is attacking his sheep. Each time
The picayune distinction between amended and supplemental pleadings
May 19, 2010
Are there other family law attorneys out there who file supplemental pleadings? In my sixteen plus years of family court practice, I can’t recall any.
