January 14, 2013
Ever since a local family court judge got defrocked for presiding in a case in which she had an alleged conflict, South Carolina family court
Does equitable distribution case law overvalue retirement accounts?
January 10, 2013
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) and 401k account assets are not as valuable as an equivalent amount of cash. With some exceptions there is a 10%
When a child supposedly speaks ill of a parent
January 10, 2013
How an attorney should react when a client’s child speaks ill of the client is often dependant upon things young attorneys (and often even experienced
Should “vile” blogging be a basis for lawyer discipline?
January 9, 2013
A news release posted yesterday on the South Carolina Judicial Department website links to a cover story in the ABA Journal, “You’re Out of Order!
January 8, 2013
A couple weeks ago I received a phone call that is not very unusual. An anxious mother-to-be had questions about custody. Of particular concern was how
How long would it take you to read 18 opinions?
January 3, 2013
If you read every 2012 published appeal of a South Carolina family court case you would be reading 18 opinions: five from the Supreme Court
Court of Appeals holds alimony agreement not ambiguous
January 3, 2013
In the December 28, 2012 opinion in Gaffney v. Gaffney, 401 S.C. 216, 736 S.E.2d 683 (Ct. App. 2012), the South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed
