July 29, 2009
An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in
Mediation training and certification
July 28, 2009
I just completed the five-day, 40-hour Family Court Mediation Training offered by the South Carolina bar and led by Mary Lowndes Bryan and C. Cotton
The pitfalls of cursory standard interrogatory responses
July 28, 2009
The Court of Appeals’ decision to affirm the family court’s award of custody to the father in its July 28, 2009 opinion in Divine v.
July 13, 2009
The July 13, 2009 Court of Appeals decision in Brookshire v. Blackwell, 384 S.C. 333, 682 S.E.2d 295 (Ct.App. 2009) clarifies personal and subject matter jurisdiction analysis as
Misguided child support decision from South Carolina’s Supreme Court
July 7, 2009
N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of Lewis v. Lewis,
Criminal and family law issues in Governor Sanford’s adultery
June 25, 2009
South Carolina remains among the minority of states to criminalize adultery. S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-60. Adultery also remains a ground for divorce. S.C. Code
Is the application of civil contempt in South Carolina’s “daddy round-ups” improper?
June 19, 2009
“The problem is, chronic non-supporters do not have dependable jobs, nor tax refunds, nor seizeable property. That’s why they are chronic. . . . As
Transmutation in an economic downturn
June 18, 2009
In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided. They would either sell their home and divide
