Interrogatory answers need to be accurate, complete, and minimal
October 8, 2020
My standard procedure in answering interrogatories is to obtain an opposing party’s questions as a word document, cut and paste into my own responsive word
Expert testimony bolstering a child’s credibility is improper
October 6, 2020
Despite repeated opinions from the South Carolina appellate courts indicating that expert testimony bolstering a child’s credibility is verboten, it continues to happen. Perhaps this
It is the parent’s job to get along with the teen, not the teen’s job to get along with the parent
October 4, 2020
I handle my share of custody disputes in which a teenager is miserable at my client’s home and my client attempts to explain or justify
Teenagers and weekend visitation
October 4, 2020
For parents who have a minority of custodial time, especially those whose school-year time tends to be concentrated on weekends, the teenage years create new
Before she was the Notorious RBG
September 24, 2020
I try to keep my politics out of my legal blog and, in the week since United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death,
Court of Appeals rejects father’s numerous challenges to custody and support modification decision
August 26, 2020
The August 26, 2020 Court of Appeals case of Whitesell v. Whitesell, 431 S.C. 575, 848 S.E.2d 588 (Ct.App. 2020), finds the Appellant making numerous
Court of Appeals reopens equitable distribution due to “fraud upon the court”
August 26, 2020
The August 26, 2020, Court of Appeals opinion in Sanders v. Smith presents an unusual resolution of a Rule 60 motion. Husband filed divorce proceedings