August 19, 2020
The August 19, 2020 Court of Appeals opinion in Turner v. Thomas involved a highly unusual custody and visitation dispute between a Maternal Grandmother, a
South Carolina Court of Appeals issues unprecedented custody reversal
July 22, 2020
The July 22, 2020, opinion in Alukonis v. Smith creates new law on numerous issues regarding custody cases between parents and third-parties. Among the unprecedented
February 21, 2020
There’s a never discussed but occasionally employed litigation strategy of using money to purchase time with (or limit an opposing party’s access to) children. Earlier
December 19, 2019
Argued first but decided second, the December 18, 2019 Court of Appeals opinion in Singh v. Singh confirms what a November 6, 2019 Court of
November 6, 2019
Many family law attorneys in the Charleston area were awaiting the Court of Appeals decision in Singh v. Singh, which was argued there this February.
Jurisdiction shopping while pregnant
November 3, 2019
I recently handled a marital dissolution case in which my client had hightailed it while pregnant to another state. Her husband’s motion for temporary relief
The guardian’s questionnaire is additional interrogatories
September 17, 2019
While not thought of as such, the guardian’s questionnaire is akin to additional (child-custody related) interrogatories. As an example, the current questionnaire of a local
The interaction of the De Facto Custodian statute and the Moore factors
June 13, 2019
There are numerous recurring issues in South Carolina family law that ultimately will need to be resolved by our appellate courts. One of the more
