216 months

July 29, 2009

It is 216 months from the time a child is born until the time the child turns eighteen.  Under South Carolina law the family court

Small small victory

July 29, 2009

An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in

Minimum contacts personal jurisdiction analysis not applicable to contested multi-state adoption action

July 13, 2009

The July 13, 2009 Court of Appeals decision in Brookshire v. Blackwell, 384 S.C. 333, 682 S.E.2d 295 (Ct.App. 2009) clarifies personal and subject matter jurisdiction analysis as

Supreme Court decision reestablishes deference to family court judges’ credibility findings

June 15, 2009

I have been eagerly awaiting today’s [June 15, 2009] South Carolina Supreme Court decision in McCrosson v. Tanenbaum, 383 S.C. 150, 679 S.E.2d 172 (2009). Not only

Mother’s Day/Father’s Day

May 11, 2009

I spent the dying years of the “second wave feminism” movement living, through a dorm exchange, at Bryn Mawr College, one of the “Seven Sisters”

Correct result, questionable rationale on multi-state child custody jurisdiction appeal

May 5, 2009

In 2007 South Carolina substituted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) for the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). S.C. Code Ann.

Visitation and the alcoholic parent

April 24, 2009

If we accept that alcoholism is a disease (which I do), the cure is simple: don’t consume alcohol. I have happily represented many outstanding recovering

Could the (barely acknowledged) enforcement of social norms in family court custody orders be having a hidden impact on our culture?

April 24, 2009

Though I have seen no statistics on the subject, I would estimate that between one-quarter and one-half of all children in America will spend some

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