Supreme Court reverses sexual abuse finding based on improperly admitted forensic child interviews
September 26, 2013
A split decision in the September 25, 2013 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in SCDSS v. Pringle, 405 S.C. 608, 749 S.E.2d 301 (2013), reserved a finding
December 23, 2011
In the December 16, 2011 opinion in SCDSS v. Mother and Father, 396 S.C. 390, 720 S.E.2d 920 (Ct. App. 2011), the Court of Appeals reversed a
September 22, 2011
In the September 21, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion of South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Mary C., 396 S.C. 15, 720 S.E.2d 503 (Ct. App.
Can inability to remedy a child’s morbid obesity be considered child abuse or neglect?
June 26, 2011
Until recently I had been representing the family of a child whose morbid obesity led to repeated Department of Social Services interventions. His medical doctors
Concerns over incorrect findings in family court sexual abuse allegations
February 5, 2011
Perhaps because I more typically represent parents than children in family court, I have long been concerned with the risks of incorrect findings that a
September 1, 2010
Today’s Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v. Randy S., 390 S.C. 100, 700 S.E.2d 250 (Ct.App. 2010), reverses the family court’s decision to remove children
July 22, 2010
My first year of law school the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Deshaney v. Winnebago Cty. Soc. Servs. Dept., 489 U.S. 189
Will the Recent Changes to the Abuse and Neglect Statute Make These Cases Harder to Settle?
July 18, 2010
I received an email from a recently licensed attorney noting a previous blog and asking whether I thought she, as the guardian ad litem in
