Court of Appeals custody opinion is all kinds of crazy
August 11, 2011
Generally, the South Carolina Court of Appeals does not issue published opinions Per Curiam. Perhaps it did so for the August 10, 2011 opinion
August 10, 2011
Continuing today’s theme of gifts from benevolent domestic litigation deities is the issue of overly vitriolic affidavits for temporary hearings in marital dissolution cases. When
The child custody interrogatory that often reveals more than it should
August 10, 2011
It’s typically hard to get useful information from child custody interrogatories. One question that often reveals more than it should is “Is there anything about
A Divorce Lawyer’s Tips for Marriage
August 8, 2011
From Guest Blogger, Thomas F. McDow: 1. Love each other as you are. Men marry women hoping they will not change. Women marry men expecting
August 6, 2011
Eighteen years of family law practice has caused me to develop a persona of a frustrated advice columnist. Today’s Dear Abby column demonstrates why family law
August 6, 2011
Folks who know me well know I enjoy teaching new lawyers. Given the frequent procedural, ethical and strategic questions such lawyers bring to me, I
Stipulating to family court discovery
August 5, 2011
Unlike circuit court, there in no automatic discovery in South Carolina’s family court. See Rule 25, SCRFC. Most of the time, discovery is ordered at the
At least he got the laptop back
August 3, 2011
N.B., the Court of Appeals opinion in Pittman v. Pittman was subsequently refiled with a different analysis on the transmutation issue. See Rearranging the deck chairs Thomas
