Revealing or shielding a family court attorney’s itemized statement of time spent

March 19, 2011

An attorney’s itemized statement of time spent on a case can be a valuable piece of information for an opposing party and that party’s attorney.

South Carolina appellate courts continue to interpret cohabitation to terminate alimony narrowly in favor of supported spouses; failing to challenge fee affidavit fatal to claim that fee award of $126,797.30 was excessive

March 16, 2011

The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Biggins v. Burdette, 392 S.C. 241, 708 S.E.2d 237 (Ct.App. 2011), continues the trend of the South Carolina

Maybe we’re taking the deference to the family court judge’s credibility determinations too far?

February 25, 2011

The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate

Andrew Michael Myers is one husband who definitely needed a prenup

January 22, 2011

In the history of South Carolina husbands who wish they had a prenup, I bet there are few with more justification for this feeling than

Another method for mediators to collect attorney fees for time they spend collecting their mediator fees

January 9, 2011

Yesterday, I blogged on how mediators (and guardians) might collect fees for the time they spend as an attorney collecting the fees they earn as

Collecting fees as the mediator or guardian

January 8, 2011

For attorneys who also act as mediators or guardians ad litem, many family court judges’ interpretation of Calhoun v. Calhoun, 331 S.C. 157, 164-65, 501

Lessons in imputed income from the Court of Appeals

September 1, 2010

Have some sympathy for Family Court Judge Leslie K. Riddle, whose decision in the case of Marchant v. Marchant, 390 S.C. 1, 699 S.E.2d 708

Living “The Life of Riley” and puffery in financing documents while claiming poverty is not conducive to minimal child support obligation

August 5, 2010

Yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bennett v. Rector, 389 S.C. 274, 697 S.E.2d 715 (Ct.App. 2010), provides further guidance on imputation of income in

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