A switch in justices revives previous South Carolina law on college support
March 7, 2012
Less than two years ago, the South Carolina Supreme Court, in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010), overruled Risinger v. Risinger,
Hold on pardner, where’s the fire?
March 1, 2012
One of the hardest tasks of family court client control is counseling clients to be patient when they want immediate results. This task is rarely
Mixed signals from the South Carolina bar
February 24, 2012
A few days after posting this, I learned that the “M” in “MCLE” did not mean that this CLE qualifies for ethics hours. -GF Recently our State
Counseling the aggrieved spouse to move on
February 23, 2012
I finalized a divorce earlier this week in which the other party discovered my client’s adultery a few years ago and filed for divorce twenty
Combining rehabilitative and permanent alimony
February 22, 2012
For reasons that are only marginally explicable, South Carolina attorneys and judges are reluctant to issue orders or enter agreements that combine rehabilitative alimony with
The authoritarian nature of anticipated substantial change of circumstances jurisprudence
February 18, 2012
No modern authoritarian government acts “lawlessly.” Instead such governments cloak their actions with the veneer of due process but they manipulate the law so that
Overnight paramour restraints and homosexual relationships
February 18, 2012
A state that denies homosexuals the right to marry has no right to punish them for living together without being married. In 1967, the United
Stupid (overly broad and vague) parental restraining orders
February 17, 2012
My one-man war against overly broad restraining orders continued this week, as I observe an accelerating trend towards guardians, litigants and judges wanting to micro-manage
