Renegotiating with litigants who won’t obey their previous court-approved agreements
March 22, 2013
Folks who refuse to comply with their court-approved agreements but then ask you to renegotiate those agreements to make them more to their liking are
Mediator full employment act hits the tri-county area
March 21, 2013
News today from the South Carolina Judicial Department announced a March 14, 2013 Supreme Court order making Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties subject to mandatory
Divided Supreme Court reinstates termination of parental rights
March 21, 2013
In the March 20, 2013 opinion in SCDSS v. Sarah W., 402 S.C. 324, 741 S.E.2d 739 (2013), a divided South Carolina Supreme Court reinstated a
When abuse and neglect and private custody cases overlap
March 21, 2013
Not infrequently a claim of abuse or neglect against one parent will lead another parent to seek custody. Other times a private custody case will
Going for the “easy kill” in contempt proceedings
March 11, 2013
Clients seeking to hold the other party in contempt for violation of a family court order often present a mix of potential contempt claims. Some
March 8, 2013
The March 8, 2013 Supreme Court opinion in Youngblood v. DSS, 402 S.C. 311, 741 S.E.2d 515 (2013), holds that once the South Carolina Department of Social Services
March 8, 2013
It’s dress up Friday at my daughter’s magnet school, in which students can ditch uniforms and come as their favorite novel character. My daughter’s dressing
Revenge of (and against) the bluenoses
March 8, 2013
For almost 20 years I’ve seen many of my family court clients gets slammed for unbiblical sexual behavior. Initially it was the obvious–adultery. But in
