Should being the victim of a third-party’s Ponzi scheme entitle one to reopen a marital property settlement?

May 31, 2011

The May 30, 2011 New York Times reports a story about a husband, a partner at a powerful New York City law firm, attempting to

Loose lips sink judgship

May 31, 2011

Today [May 31, 2011] the Supreme Court publically reprimanded Magistrate James Oren Hughes for making an inappropriate comment to a law student attending a reception

Supreme Court drops burden to modify support agreements; holds requirement to maintain health insurance is a form of modifiable alimony despite parties’ waiver of alimony

May 31, 2011

The May 31, 2011 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Miles v. Miles, 393 S.C. 111, 711 S.E.2d 880 (2011),  remedies what many South Carolina family

The lunacy of the restraint against “exposing the children to members of the opposite sex, unrelated by blood or marriage, overnight ”

May 28, 2011

A common restraint in South Carolina family court orders involving custody or visitation with minor children is a restraint against “exposing the children to members

Beaten by implicit credibility determinations

May 27, 2011

My client, for completely explicable reasons, but much to my disappointment, has decided not to seek rehearing and eventual certiorari of the unpublished May 18,

Timing the temporary hearing in your custody modification case

May 26, 2011

Many family court attorneys reflexively seek a temporary change of custody when filing a lawsuit to change custody.  However, when seeking to change custody on

Not (merely?) unclothed: covered up

May 23, 2011

The unarrival of the rapture on May 21, 2011 got me thinking about how the rapture would actually appear if it ever takes place.  We

Marriage is like a deck of cards…

May 21, 2011

Divorce lawyer humor courtesy of Stephen Slotchiver:

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