How does a judge know evidence is relevant without (generally) resorting to hearsay?
June 29, 2010
While responding to a comment on my blog “Why isn’t corporal punishment considered domestic abuse?,” I began thinking about how one might “know” a fact
Why isn’t corporal punishment considered domestic abuse?
June 26, 2010
Yesterday, while bantering with a DSS attorney I really like during a lull in a mediation I was conducting, she mentioned that she used corporal
I too have read South Carolina Family Court Rule 9 (or how to piss-off a family court judge part 2)
June 26, 2010
If you practice family law in South Carolina, how often has the following happened to you?: ATTORNEY: [Asks the witness a question] OPPOSING COUNSEL: Objection
June 26, 2010
Since family court proceedings are bench trials a family law attorney’s task is to convince a judge, not a jury. Judges who feel that the
Not publishing opinions to save the trial court embarrassment
June 22, 2010
I have been a past critic of the South Carolina Court of Appeals’ failure to publish opinions that do not meet the criteria of S.C.
How crazy does one have to be to get relief from a judgment?
June 22, 2010
I am currently assisting a local attorney in seeking relief from a judgment, pursuant to Rule 60(b)(1), SCRCP, based on the claim that the client
Financial declarations with an eye toward the future
June 22, 2010
Just the past week I have closed a support modification case in which a party’s financial declaration understates that party’s projected future income and taken
The Honorable Frances P. Segars-Andrews: An Appreciation
June 18, 2010
The Honorable F.P. Segars-Andrews leaves the family court bench soon. To read some comments on the internet there were a number of litigants extremely angered
