Supreme Court applies Federal Indian Child Welfare Act to prevent adoption
July 27, 2012
The July 26, 2012 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Adoptive Couple v. Cherokee Nation, 398 S.C. 625, 731 S.E.2d 550 (2012), had been long anticipated. The story
The limitations of textualist construction in statutory interpretation
July 20, 2012
Based on a mostly enthusiastic review in the New York Times by Stanley Fish, I purchased “Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts,” by (Supreme
July 19, 2012
The past few years I have, on numerous occasions, met with a family court litigant who has made obvious attempts to alter his or her
July 19, 2012
I reviewed two files yesterday in which one party to a custody dispute was refusing to answer questions by invoking her 5th Amendment privilege against
July 19, 2012
Recent Charleston School of Law graduate Asher Watson has asked me questions about recently enacted (effective June 26, 2012) South Carolina House Bill 3400, which
New statute codifies law on alimony modification upon retirement
July 16, 2012
One of my blog’s readers posted a comment linking a new statute that codifies the law on modifying alimony upon the supporting spouse’s retirement. South
How many parents can (should) a child have?
July 14, 2012
My family spent last evening with South Carolina adoption guru James Fletcher Thompson. James regaled us with stories of the latest trends in assisted reproduction
Advanced Family Law Mediation Training
July 13, 2012
As one of my tasks for the board of the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston (MMCC), I have organized an advanced family law mediation
