Sanders opinion highlights confused nature of transmutation

December 27, 2011

The December 21, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Sanders v. Sanders, 396 S.C. 410, 722 S.E.2d 15 (Ct. App. 2011), demonstrates the continuing confused jurisprudence

Court of Appeals reverses permanency plan of termination of parental rights where Mother remedied conditions that led to removal

December 23, 2011

In the December 16, 2011 opinion in SCDSS v. Mother and Father, 396 S.C. 390, 720 S.E.2d 920 (Ct. App. 2011), the Court of Appeals reversed a

Roof demonstrates confused nature of South Carolina’s “substantial change of circumstances” jurisprudence

December 23, 2011

In South Carolina, child support, child custody and permanent periodic alimony can all be modified upon a showing of “substantial change of circumstances.”  However, there

Lewin affirms family court fee award in face of Father’s multiple challenges

December 22, 2011

In the December 14, 2011 opinion in Lewin v. Lewin, 396 S.C. 349, 721 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2011), (in which I represented the losing appellant, though I

Fitzwater demonstrates willingness to allow greater deviation from equal division of marital property in shorter marriage

December 19, 2011

The first of the fifteen factors set forth in South Carolina Code Section 20-3-620 regarding the division of marital property is “the duration of the

Hursey disciplinary opinion opens door to unwarranted oversight of attorneys’ social networking usage

December 19, 2011

Having read today’s Supreme Court opinion, In the Matter of Michael T. Hursey, Jr., 395 S.C. 527, 719 S.E.2d 670 (2011), I would like to kick Mr. Hursey’s behind

The Citadel sexual abuse cover up(s)

December 3, 2011

I find myself in an awkward position in which my friend, Charleston Post & Courier reporter Glenn Smith, is investigating and writing about a colleague

The custody witness few ever think to call

December 3, 2011

There are lots of obvious witnesses in a custody case: the child’s teachers; the child’s coaches; the child’s mental health professionals; the parents of the

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