Shouldn’t a party’s assets be a factor in “ability to pay” family court attorney’s fees?
October 25, 2018
E.D.M. v. T.A.M., 307 S.C. 471, 476-77, 415 S.E.2d 812, 816 (1992) is the seminal South Carolina case in deciding whether to award a prevailing
Bojilov highlights importance of a good record and accurate financial declarations
October 16, 2018
The September 19, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Bojilov v. Bojilov, 425 S.C. 161, 819 S.E.2d 791 (Ct. App. 2018), doesn’t establish any novel
Don’t expect the other side to pay your attorney’s fees
April 14, 2017
Folks going through marital litigation–and, less often, folks going through custody disputes– often contact me regarding representation with the expectation that the other side will
South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion highlights the importance of accurate financial declarations
April 11, 2017
My clients get sick of me harping on refining and corroborating their financial declarations before we file them. In the future I will direct them
How to enforce an attorney fee award
November 17, 2016
A few months ago my mentee observed me enforce my attorney fee award through a family court contempt proceeding. Expecting me to prove the contempt
Wife’s lack of corroborating evidence mostly dooms her appeal
November 2, 2016
In the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story “Adventure of the Silver Blaze,” Sherlock Holmes deduces the identity of the thief, in part, by noting that
Five years of litigation, all for naught
September 10, 2016
Pity poor Lori Stoney, a fellow member of the Charleston County family court bar, and the appellant in the July 27, 2016 Court of Appeals
