Is there ever sufficient evidence of “continued cohabitation” to terminate alimony?
January 30, 2013
I occasionally get telephone calls from men whose ex-wife’s are receiving alimony but also appear to be living with a boyfriend. They want to know
January 30, 2013
Some of the more cryptic opinions to come out of the South Carolina Supreme Court simply state “We granted a writ of certiorari to review
January 30, 2013
My newest mentee, Audrey R. Brown, has her website up here. [caption id="attachment_9914" align="aligncenter" width="250"] Photograph of Audrey R. Brown[/caption] Audrey is a graduate of
Caught between Scylla and Charybdis
January 25, 2013
Two years ago, in In the Matter of Anonymous Member of the South Carolina Bar, 392 S.C. 328, 709 S.E.2d 633 (2011), an attorney was
What’s so bad about split custody?
January 24, 2013
While our family court jurisdictional statute, S.C. Code § 63-3-530(42), allows judges “to order joint or divided custody where the court finds it is in
When a child’s mental health professional makes a guardian ad litem unnecessary
January 17, 2013
South Carolina Code §63-3-810(A)(1) allows the family court to appoint a guardian ad litem in a private custody case when “without a guardian ad litem,
January 14, 2013
Ever since a local family court judge got defrocked for presiding in a case in which she had an alleged conflict, South Carolina family court
Does equitable distribution case law overvalue retirement accounts?
January 10, 2013
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) and 401k account assets are not as valuable as an equivalent amount of cash. With some exceptions there is a 10%
