January 19, 2015
Two recent news stories, one local and one national, highlight just how badly our society is doing caring for the majority of our children, especially
2014 again finds few published family law opinions
January 8, 2015
While gender roles and marital expectations have rapidly changed during the past 50 years, family law has lagged in its response. Custody, child support, alimony
What I’ve learned after twenty-five years of marriage (or, if you expect your spouse’s farts to smell like roses, you are going to be upset)[1]
December 30, 2014
My wife and I celebrate our 25th anniversary today. Thanks to a family law practice that exceeded my expectations in personal, professional and financial success,
Court of Appeals continues recent trend of rejecting a family court’s credibility determinations
December 24, 2014
One portion of this opinion was substantially modified on February 25, 2015: Refiled opinion in Srivastava makes revisions to equitable distribution ruling. The December 23, 2014
December 12, 2014
A much younger family law colleague of mine texted me earlier this week, informing me that she was successful in her first attempt at supersedeas.
Supreme Court sets procedures for family court attorney fee awards
December 3, 2014
The December 3, 2014 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Buist v. Buist, 410 S.C. 569, 766 S.E.2d 381 (2014), sets forth procedures to be used
November 23, 2014
When, on October 6, 2014, in Rainey v. Bostic, 135 S.Ct. 286 (2014), the United States Supreme Court denied Virginia’s petition for certiorari in Bostic v.
Litigating child custody does not, by itself, create personal jurisdiction for child support
November 23, 2014
Due to an increasingly mobile society, child custody litigation often moves to different states over a child’s minority. When both parents and the child no
