Are you paying too much in weekly support?
August 10, 2012
When translating support from a monthly payment amount to a weekly payment amount, family court attorneys and judges divide the weekly amount by 4 1/3.
Review of “Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts”
August 9, 2012
No matter one’s opinion of the jurisprudence United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, his recent book,“Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts” (co-authored with
Successfully representing the uncredible family court client
August 8, 2012
Credibility is a major issue in most family court trials. See e.g., Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381 709 S.E.2d 650, 654 (2011) (“The highly fact-intensive nature
August 7, 2012
I frequently get calls or emails seeking advice about a family law problem someone’s sibling, spouse, fiancé, parent, child or friend has. I generally ask
Cultural misconceptions regarding annulment
August 7, 2012
An annulment, in contrast to a divorce, treats a marriage as though it never happened. Folks often contact me seeking an annulment but, in close
July 30, 2012
Today the South Carolina Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct to address the charging of advance fees by lawyers. Given recent
The New York Times and Family Law
July 29, 2012
The amount and quality of the journalism coming from the New York Times that touches on issues related to family law is–literally–remarkable. I could easily
South Carolina Supreme Court’s Suspension of Family Court Rule 24 for Title IV-D Cases
July 29, 2012
Two different family law attorneys have asked–nay demanded–that I blog about the July 19, 2012 South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order suspending application of South
