Court of Appeals vacates removal and TPR orders due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction
October 18, 2016
In the October 10, 2016 opinion in SCDSS v. Tran, 418 S.C. 308, 792 S.E.2d 254 (Ct.App. 2016), the South Carolina Court of Appeals vacated
The more things change…. (ode to the Fish House Punch)
October 5, 2016
1732 Philadelphia: A gentlemen’s boating club on the Schuylkill River is planning its annual Christmas party. For the first time in its history ladies will
“Can I do something” is rarely the right question to ask
October 4, 2016
A common question I, and I suspect many attorneys, get asked are variations of “can I....?” A common variation of that question, almost always asked
WTF is irreconcilable differences?
September 22, 2016
A friend and colleague of mine suggested I blog about Angelina Jolie’s recent filing for divorce from Brad Pitt on the ground of “irreconcilable differences,”
Are Sully’s views of masculine emotional intimacy outdated?
September 13, 2016
Clint Eastwood’s just-released Sully clearly admires its titular character, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, played by Tom Hanks. It presents Sully as an icon of competence, integrity,
Five years of litigation, all for naught
September 10, 2016
Pity poor Lori Stoney, a fellow member of the Charleston County family court bar, and the appellant in the July 27, 2016 Court of Appeals
September 9, 2016
One of my harder tasks practicing family law in South Carolina is advising ex-spouses with alimony obligations whether and how much their obligation might change
Obtaining electronically stored information in electronically stored format
July 21, 2016
A common idea among litigators is that an excellent way to hide damaging information is to produce it with a whole bunch of innocuous information.
