Court of Appeals reverses family court’s finding of child abandonment
February 13, 2019
On February 13, 2019, the Court of Appeals reversed a family court’s finding that adoptive parents abandoned their teenage child in the case of SCDSS
What are you communicating with your proposed parenting plan?
January 31, 2019
In 2012, South Carolina revised its child custody statutes and added a provision requiring proposed parenting plans at temporary hearings. This parenting plan asks each
Whose “morality” dictates what is in the best interests of the child?
January 25, 2019
South Carolina case law from as recently as May 2018 holds that the morality of a parent is a proper factor for consideration in custody
The most obvious malpractice there is in South Carolina family law
January 17, 2019
About five years ago–after being burned for the umpteenth time by entering a temporary consent order binding my client to a temporary support without first
Outline of “Preparing for a Family Court Trial”
January 12, 2019
In August 2017, I lectured at the Charleston School of Law on “Preparing for a Family Court Trial.” The lecture outline has never been published.
2018 Published Family Court opinions summary
January 9, 2019
My annual table of the previous year’s published South Carolina family court opinions are below. There were sixteen published opinions in 2018, two of which
Court of Appeals slightly revises opinion in Brown v. Odom
January 9, 2019
On January 9, 2019 the South Carolina Court of Appeals released a slightly revised opinion in Brown v. Odom, 245 S.C. 420, 823 S.E.2d 183
