Trusting our children

June 4, 2011

My oldest daughter graduated from high school earlier this week.  The original plan was to buy her a multi-gear bicycle for use at the college

Court of Appeals custody opinion further demonstrates the changed jurisprudence of post-Lewis appellate review of family court decisions

June 2, 2011

Reed v. Pieper, 393 S.C. 424, 713 S.E.2d 309 (Ct. App. 2011), is the second of two June 1, 2011 Court of Appeals opinions to demonstrate

Name change appeal demonstrates how Lewis v. Lewis is changing appellate court family law jurisprudence

June 2, 2011

The June 1, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Wilson v. McDonald, 393 S.C. 419, 713 S.E.2d 306 (Ct. App. 2011), is the first demonstration of

Should being the victim of a third-party’s Ponzi scheme entitle one to reopen a marital property settlement?

May 31, 2011

The May 30, 2011 New York Times reports a story about a husband, a partner at a powerful New York City law firm, attempting to

Loose lips sink judgship

May 31, 2011

Today [May 31, 2011] the Supreme Court publically reprimanded Magistrate James Oren Hughes for making an inappropriate comment to a law student attending a reception

Supreme Court drops burden to modify support agreements; holds requirement to maintain health insurance is a form of modifiable alimony despite parties’ waiver of alimony

May 31, 2011

The May 31, 2011 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Miles v. Miles, 393 S.C. 111, 711 S.E.2d 880 (2011),  remedies what many South Carolina family

The lunacy of the restraint against “exposing the children to members of the opposite sex, unrelated by blood or marriage, overnight ”

May 28, 2011

A common restraint in South Carolina family court orders involving custody or visitation with minor children is a restraint against “exposing the children to members

Beaten by implicit credibility determinations

May 27, 2011

My client, for completely explicable reasons, but much to my disappointment, has decided not to seek rehearing and eventual certiorari of the unpublished May 18,

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