Way decision reverses lump sum equitable distribution award
May 9, 2012
The May 9, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in Way v. Way, 398 S.C. 1, 726 S.E.2d 215 (Ct. App. 2012), reversed the family court’s $20,000
South Carolina Supreme Court promulgates rules for rules to show cause in family court
April 30, 2012
On April 30, 2012, the South Carolina Supreme Court finally created the long-awaited, oft-deferred family court rules for the handling of rules to show cause.
Mismatched incentives in family court ordered marital home sales
April 27, 2012
Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I would not claim South Carolina Family Court
April 25, 2012
I just finished a trial in which opposing counsel employed a counterstrategy I had never before encountered to a strategy she had suspected I would
Tips for drafting a response to your first grievance
March 30, 2012
An attorney I am informally mentoring just received her first letter from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (OCD). As everyone in family law knows, grievances
March 29, 2012
Quite often in my practice I will meet with a parent, typically a mother, who has been under an order of supervised visitation for a
Taking 30(b)(6) depositions for family court cases
March 22, 2012
Since few family court cases involve corporate or government agencies as witnesses or parties, family law attorneys rarely consider the benefits of noticing a deposition
