We are raising our grandchildren’s parents
October 7, 2010
One of my insights in the second family law article I ever had published was“[a]lways recognize (and remind your client) that a custody case is
The difference between a guardian investigating and a guardian recommending
October 4, 2010
A few weeks ago I was appointed guardian in a private case. An attorney for one of the parents, who had never worked with me
Seeking paternity testing and joint custody
September 15, 2010
While nothing in the law prohibits it explicitly, I’ve never understood how attorneys can counsel their male clients to demand DNA paternity testing, especially for
Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation
August 4, 2010
When I first started practicing family law I would encounter a number of visitation enforcement hearings in which the custodial parent tried to excuse his
July 29, 2010
The July 28, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in High v. High, 389 S.C. 226, 697 S.E.2d 690 (Ct. App. 2010) presents little new analysis of
Not publishing opinions to save the trial court embarrassment
June 22, 2010
I have been a past critic of the South Carolina Court of Appeals’ failure to publish opinions that do not meet the criteria of S.C.
June 17, 2010
In the first year of law school everyone takes Civil Procedure, where we learn about in rem jurisdiction, quasi in rem jurisdiction and in personam
Joint Custody: It’s how you ask
June 8, 2010
A lesson instilled as a child by my parents and teachers is that “it’s not just what you ask for; it’s how you ask for
