Court of Appeals says email notice is notice

August 27, 2015

In an order designed to terrify civil, domestic and appellate lawyers, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, in an August 26, 2015 order in the

It is likely practicably impossible to terminate alimony due to “continued cohabitation” in South Carolina

August 26, 2015

In January 2013, noting that none of the seven published South Carolina appellate opinions dealing with the issue of “continued cohabitation” had found it existed

Hobbling your own attorney

August 21, 2015

Folks hire attorneys to accomplish their legal goals. Too often those same folks hobble their attorneys by failing to remedy counterproductive behavior. It may be

Doubling down on stupid

August 19, 2015

Sometimes the greatest service an attorney can offer a client is to walk the client back from looming disaster. However it requires skill and experience

Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?

August 9, 2015

There’s a divorce client from five years ago who I have remained friends with on Facebook. When I first met him–and began representing him–he was

South Carolina Supreme Court holds child abuse examiners are not to be used as expert witnesses

August 5, 2015

In a criminal appeal that has implications for family law attorneys who defend abuse and neglect proceedings, on August 5, 2015, in the case of

Is it conscionable for private attorneys to bring child support establishment actions in South Carolina?

August 4, 2015

Recognizing that the title of this blog is provocative, I still rarely represent mothers seeking to establish child support and actively discourage most mothers from

Court of Appeals requires DSS to offer mother more treatment

August 3, 2015

The August 3, 2015 Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v. Briggs 413 S.C. 377, 776 S.E.2d 115 (Ct. App. 2015), reverses a family court determination

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