Does South Carolina divorce law distinguish marijuana use from abuse?

September 14, 2018

One of South Carolina’s four fault grounds for divorce under S.C. Code §20-3-10 is “Habitual drunkenness; provided, that this ground shall be construed to include

Should I stay or should I go?

September 14, 2018

With Hurricane Florence slowly approaching Charleston and with South Carolina’s northeastern coast under a mandatory evaluation order, I’ve spent the past few days with my

Is merely having a “crush” on another marital fault?

September 7, 2018

I recently handled oral argument on an appeal that resulted in the unpublished opinion. One unusual aspect of the case was Husband’s focus, and the

Applying prior, more restrictive, version of grandparent visitation statute, Court of Appeals still affirms award of grandparent visitation

September 5, 2018

The September 5, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Grantham v. Weatherford, 425 S.C. 111, 819 S.E.2d 765 (Ct.  App. 2018), addresses the application of

Stoney 2 (or 4) largely follows the original Stoney opinion

August 29, 2018

The long strange journey of the Stoney appeal took another step on August 29, 2018 when the Court of Appeals issued its remanded opinion in

Can non-custodial parents delegate their parenting time to third-parties?

August 21, 2018

An issue that commonly arises in interpreting custody orders is whether the non-custodial parent is allowed to delegate his or her (in this culture, mostly

The unusual distribution of bi-weekly overnights in most custody trials (or why one’s unlikely to get 50/50 custody except by agreement)

August 6, 2018

When I first started trying custody cases a quarter century ago, the family court was pretty uniform, and uncreative, in its awards of visitation to

A client’s tolerance for uncertainty is a consideration in settlement negotiations

June 19, 2018

There’s a theory that our modern world offers us so little exposure to pathogens that our autoimmune systems overreact to things like pollen and peanuts,

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