July 20, 2011
In the July 20, 2011 decision in Ross v. Ross, 394 S.C. 261, 715 S.E.2d 359 (Ct. App. 2011), the Court of Appeals remanded the issue
July 18, 2011
In SCDSS v. M. R. C. L., 393 S.C. 387, 712 S.E.2d 452 (2011), it took the South Carolina Supreme Court less than a year to
Fussing at clients so the family court judge won’t
July 9, 2011
Often my family court clients complain that I am not “taking [their] side” because I fuss at them regarding their behaviors. These clients are accurate
July 6, 2011
A lawyer got married to a woman who had previously been married twelve times. On their wedding night they settle into the bridal suite at their
Ending the alimony guessing game
July 4, 2011
An editorial in today’s New York Times, Ending the alimony guessing game, by Alexandra Harwin, a 2011 Yale Law School graduate, highlights New York State’s
Dan Savage on the virtues of infidelity
July 2, 2011
An interesting piece in tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Magazine, Married, with Infidelities, highlights my favorite relationship advice columnist, Dan Savage, and his views on
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent?
June 30, 2011
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent? At least one local family court judge seems to think so. I had a motion
Disloyal collegiality in the prosecution and non prosecution of motions to compel
June 29, 2011
South Carolina attorneys are expected to be collegial. Part of that collegiality is a reluctance to file motions to compel discovery responses and a frequent
