Do you want your attorney to be honest or to tell you want you want to hear?
January 30, 2015
For the past few years I’ve been seeing an individual counselor who, despite being twenty years my junior, is much wiser than I. Recently we
It can be counterproductive to fight grounds in termination of parental rights cases
January 28, 2015
A party bringing a termination of parental rights (TPR) case must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, both a statutory ground under S.C. Code §
Should one execute a formal agreement at the conclusion of mediation?
January 26, 2015
A frequent debate among my family law colleagues is whether one should have one’s client execute a formal agreement before concluding mediation if one has
How mediators and attorneys can make mediation more productive
January 24, 2015
For attorneys and their clients there’s often much unproductive time during mediation. When the mediator is meeting with the opposing party, the attorney and client
Negotiating with a gun to one’s head
January 23, 2015
The family court won’t approve agreements that are obtained through coercion. However, “coercion” in this legal sense is quite different, and much more limited, than
Getting the child’s items returned at the end of visitation
January 21, 2015
Recently I prosecuted a rule to show cause in which one of my client’s goal was to get her child’s items returned. The father’s visitation
File an answer at or before the temporary hearing
January 20, 2015
One of the odd procedural quirks of South Carolina family law is that one can have a hearing seeking temporary substantive relief as part of
