More dang unpublished opinions
October 14, 2009
A few weeks ago, I complained about the South Carolina appellate courts issuing uncitable, unpublished opinions from cases that were not decided in a summary
Why won’t South Carolina end common-law marriage?
October 14, 2009
On July 24, 2019, the South Carolina Supreme Court finally (and only prospectively) abolished common-law marriage in South Carolina. See South Carolina Supreme Court finally
Buying one’s way out of court appointments
October 6, 2009
Under South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 608, most South Carolina attorneys are required to be on either the criminal or civil court appointment list, in
October 2, 2009
The Court of Appeals’ decision in Michael P. v. Greenville County Department of Social Services, 385 S.C. 407, 684 S.E.2d 211 (2009), has all the makings of
September 30, 2009
Yesterday, South Carolina issued an AMBER alert for two-year-old Geomari Young after his father, Geonaldo R. Young, alleged beat Geomari’s mother (Geonaldo’s ex-girlfriend) and “kidnapped”
Family law’s massive sociological experiment(s)
September 27, 2009
Last night, while driving to the birthday party of my friends’ son, I was speaking on the phone to one of my oldest and dearest
September 25, 2009
We live in a culture that increasingly confuses ethical obligations with legal ones. For example, I believe I am ethically obligated to help out those
