Don’t expect the other side to pay your attorney’s fees
April 14, 2017
Folks going through marital litigation–and, less often, folks going through custody disputes– often contact me regarding representation with the expectation that the other side will
South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion highlights the importance of accurate financial declarations
April 11, 2017
My clients get sick of me harping on refining and corroborating their financial declarations before we file them. In the future I will direct them
The best time to defeat a relocation case is before it’s filed
April 8, 2017
In my 20+ years of family law practice, I’ve yet to see a relocation case in which the requested relocation was solely for the child’s
The smartest client I ever had
April 7, 2017
I went to a top tier liberal arts college to obtain my undergraduate degree. Many of my classes there involved reading and discussion on the
April 7, 2017
When custodial parents relocate, the non-custodial parent almost always suffers. Typically they lose the frequent contact with the minor child that helps sustain most parent-child
The danger of rushing into custody agreements with the seriously mentally ill or substance abusing
April 1, 2017
Folks hire family law attorneys not only expecting to have their domestic disputes resolved, but expecting them to be resolved quickly and inexpensively. The method
Lessons from my first contested termination of parental rights prosecution trial
March 30, 2017
Last week I represented a mother and step-father in a contested termination of parental rights(TPR)/step-parent adoption case. I have been a licensed attorney for over
You don’t have to pretend to be perfect
March 30, 2017
A lot of family court litigants harm their cases because they don’t want to admit anything that makes them look bad. Confronted with such behavior
