“Get Married” contrasted with “You’ll Do”: two recent books about marriage
July 24, 2024
For both professional reasons [family law attorney for 30 years] and personal reasons [husband for 34 years], I find the sociology of marriage a fascinating
July 24, 2024
The June 20, 2024 Court of Appeals opinion in Carter v. Carter, 443 S.C. 585, 905 S.E.2d 405 (2024), corrects an obvious family court error
May 9th Q&A with Professor Marcia Zug about You’ll Do at Blue Bicycle Books
May 3, 2024
On May 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. I will be doing a Q&A with Marcia Zug, the Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Family Law
What Challengers gets right about modern marriage
April 26, 2024
Before I started law school, I was one of two film reviewers for what is now the Philadelphia Weekly. My wife’s and my first date[1]
Slightly modified Gandy opinion makes two small factual corrections
March 20, 2024
On March 20, 2024, the South Carolina Court of Appeals refiled its opinion in Gandy v. Gandy, 442 S.C. 340, 898 S.E.2d 208 (Ct.App. 2024),
Feature in International Business Times on Navigating Marital Challenges
March 8, 2024
A recent blog I wrote on consulting an individual counselor before consulting a divorce lawyer generated interest in the International Business Times, resulting in a
Consider seeking judicial notice of what occurs in court
February 22, 2024
If more family law attorneys handled appeals they would likely consider using judicial notice during their trials. Judicial notice can be used to draw the
See an individual counselor before you see a divorce lawyer
February 16, 2024
As an attorney, I am a “counselor at law.” Some unhappily married folks who sit across my desk, contemplating and discussing the end of their
