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April 21st, 2023

The appellate courts “may find bifurcation in family court is generally ill-advised”; I don’t

This week, for the second time in four years, the South Carolina appellate courts published an opinion noting it is generally “ill-advised” for the family court to bifurcate trials.  Both times, this criticism was in the context of common-law marriage litigation.  To the extent such bifurcation creates procedural headaches for the appellate courts, that could […]
Jurisprudence

February 1st, 2022

South Carolina’s De Facto Custodian statute is valuable; its Grandparent Visitation statute remains a menace

Because South Carolina’s De Facto Custodian statute and Grandparent Visitation statute both allow the family court to award visitation to non-parents, they are often viewed as similar. However experience shows that South Carolina’s De Facto Custodian statute is valuable but the most recent iteration of its Grandparent Visitation statute remains a menace. While these two […]

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