Be careful what your client vouches for

August 12, 2011

Most attorneys know that their clients’ own affidavit(s) can be used against them at trial as an admission of a party opponent.  SCRE 801(d)(2)(A).  However,

Court of Appeals affirms family court on which QDRO plan to use

August 11, 2011

The August 10, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Keefer v. Keefer involved a dispute between which of two Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) plans

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

So that’s why (s)he left

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

If I were Dear Abby

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

Schoolin’ the newbies

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

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