South Carolina Appellate Courts continue to reward indefinite pleading
February 16, 2010
I applauded when the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued its 2008 opinion in Camp v. Camp, 378 S.C. 237, 662 S.E.2d 458 (Ct. App. 2008) dismissing
Should fathers of children born out-of-wedlock have rights and obligations towards those children?
February 11, 2010
The goal of this blog is not to offend but merely to establish the following three points about the current system in which fathers of
Getting the Child Heard lecture
February 10, 2010
My materials for a February 9, 2010 National Business Institute lecture on Advance Family Law are available here: Getting the Child Heard
Individual versus collective responsibilities for raising children
February 5, 2010
Much of our “culture war” debates are tangential offshoots of the meta issue of whether caring for a child is the collective responsibility of the
January 30, 2010
While many in our culture believe contemporary folks wallow in sin, merely from the fact that women in our culture expect greater respect than they
South Carolina’s new Responsible Father Registry
January 23, 2010
Beginning January 1, 2010, South Carolina implemented a Responsible Father Registry. S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-820. This registry is designed to allow men who have
January 22, 2010
Sometimes I think I have potential as a marriage counselor if and when I hang up my law license. Sixteen years of practicing family law
Calvin Morris: An Appreciation
January 22, 2010
Today [January 22, 2010] I attended the funeral of Calvin Morris. Calvin would be on the short list of favorite clients. I first met Calvin
