Is there a ceiling on alimony or child support?
December 6, 2019
An issue more philosophical than legal is whether there should be a ceiling on alimony and (especially) child support awards. On one hand, alimony (and
The difficulties of predicting alimony reduction on retirement
December 3, 2019
In 2012 South Carolina passed a statute, S.C. Code § 20-3-170(B), in which one subsection set forth criteria for the family courts to consider when
Marital property as lump sum alimony
December 2, 2019
There are occasionally cases in which a spouse who would typically pay significant permanent periodic alimony as part of a marital dissolution has destroyed his
Unpublished Supreme Court opinion in Conits demonstrates the effect of de novo standard of review
November 20, 2019
Last week I blogged about how the Supreme Court’s decisions in Lewis and Stoney–mandating a de novo standard of appellate review of family court factual
Tomlinson continues the appellate disfavor of joint custody
November 13, 2019
The November 13, 2019, Court of Appeals opinion in Tomlinson v. Melton, 428 S.C. 607, 837 S.E.2d 230 (Ct.App. 2019), continues the appellate court’s disfavor
What de novo appellate review is actually doing
November 12, 2019
I thought it noteworthy when the Supreme Court remanded Stoney v. Stoney, 421 S.C. 528 , 809 S.E.2d 59 (2017), back to the Court of
Stone v. Thompson is in the books
November 7, 2019
Updating some of my blogs this morning to include citations to Southeastern Reporter and South Carolina Reports, I realized that the petition for rehearing in
