March 16, 2011
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Smallwood v. Smallwood, 392 S.C. 574, 709 S.E.2d 543 (Ct.App.,2011), reversed the family court’s finding that Husband’s pre-marital
March 16, 2011
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Biggins v. Burdette, 392 S.C. 241, 708 S.E.2d 237 (Ct.App. 2011), continues the trend of the South Carolina
Counseling a client to disobey a court order
March 11, 2011
I conducted a court-ordered mediation today in which one of the parties failed to show up. This party’s counsel explained she had told her client
He had a dream: This wasn’t it
March 10, 2011
Martin Luther King had a dream “that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by
Directed verdicts in South Carolina Family Court
March 9, 2011
The past few years a number of attorneys have complained to me about being granted or denied a motion for a directed verdict in family
Mexican standoff: South Carolina Family Court version
March 9, 2011
My client, the wife, was caught in flagrant adultery. Husband filed for divorce and filed a motion for temporary relief seeking custody of the children
March 7, 2011
In 2003, the South Carolina Supreme Court amended the lawyer’s oath to include a vow of “civility” towards “opposing parties and their counsel.” In 2004, the
When attacking the opposing party is counterproductive
March 7, 2011
Perhaps because the legal process involves the resolution of conflict, and because conflict requires parties to be in opposition, folks involved in litigation reflexively believe
