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
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
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
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
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