What exactly is an “asked and answered” evidentiary objection?
May 12, 2011
Often during trials, opposing counsel will object to a question I pose on cross examination as being “asked and answered.” Too often I will note
A retired family court judge’s view of the import of Lewis v. Lewis
May 12, 2011
From guest blogger, the Formerly Honorable Barry W. Knobel. I jokingly refer to Barry W. Knobel as “formerly honorable” because he stepped down from the family
May 11, 2011
As someone who has an expansive web site and blog devoted, in part, to marketing my family law practice, I am highly interested in Supreme
Supreme Court authorizes use of SCRCP 60(b)(5) to right obvious injustice
May 11, 2011
The 2006 Court of Appeals opinion in Simmons v. Simmons, 370 S.C. 109, 634 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2006) voided a provision in the parties’ 1990
Supreme Court engages in scholarly debates on standard of appellate review of family court orders
May 11, 2011
The May 9, 2011 opinion in Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381, 709 S.E.2d 650 (2011), finds the South Carolina Supreme Court engaging in a scholarly
“Shotgunning” motions to compel discovery
May 6, 2011
While the rules of civil procedure don’t create a distinction, there are really two types of motions to compel discovery. The first type of motion
In 3-2 decision, Supreme Court takes narrow view of unwed father’s parental rights
May 5, 2011
The creation of parental rights and responsibilities for unwed fathers are hardly reciprocal. The state, the mother, or the child’s guardian can come after an
After Webb v. Sowell is any post eighteenth birthday child support constitutional?
May 4, 2011
In 2010, the South Carolina Supreme Court decision in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010) found that South Carolina’s interpretation of
