Court of Appeals clarifies remedies to sell marital home in face of one party’s intransigence
March 31, 2011
Part of the family court’s goals in affecting an equitable distribution of separated spouses’ marital property is severing all entangling legal relationships and placing the
Mediation is an alternative to trial, not to litigation: avoid premature mediation
March 26, 2011
There are some common issues that lead to mediations failing to resolve family court disputes. One common problem is when one or both parties to
March 26, 2011
From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel The South Carolina Court of Appeals filed what I consider to be an important unpublished family court opinion which,
Pulled inexorably into disaster
March 25, 2011
Life is competitive–survival-of-the-fittest and such–and lawyers are among the more competitive life forms. We don’t like to lose and we especially don’t like to lose
I’m the attorney; not the babysitter
March 25, 2011
I had an opposing attorney call me this morning asking if my client’s plans had changed since yesterday. When we confirmed her plans the previous
Oral argument on April 7th: come see me crash and burn?
March 23, 2011
I’ve been handling appeals since I graduated law school, including drafting two appeal briefs in 1991 before being sworn in as a member of the
(Don’t) throw me in the briar patch
March 19, 2011
It’s a shame that Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus books are considered racist nowadays due to their trickster tales and use of plantation-era African American
Revealing or shielding a family court attorney’s itemized statement of time spent
March 19, 2011
An attorney’s itemized statement of time spent on a case can be a valuable piece of information for an opposing party and that party’s attorney.
