July 19, 2012
Recent Charleston School of Law graduate Asher Watson has asked me questions about recently enacted (effective June 26, 2012) South Carolina House Bill 3400, which
A new front in the battle of the sexes
July 8, 2012
A recent scientific breakthrough allows the paternity of an unborn child to be determined through a blood test of the mother as early as the
June 6, 2012
Last week, in Tillman v. Oakes, 398 S.C. 245, 728 S.E.2d 45 (Ct. App. 2012), the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a family court custody
May 31, 2012
Typical language in South Carolina support orders is: The obligor shall pay support directly to the obligee. If the obligor is ever more than five
Defending false allegations of untimely support payments
December 2, 2011
Counseling clients to pay support by having their bank mail the support check can be a useful prophylactic for defending false claims of late payments.
Unpublished opinion (doesn’t) make(s) new law on application of Schedule C guidelines
November 16, 2011
Floyd v. Morgan, 383 S.C. 469 , 681 S.E.2d 570 (2009) is possibly the worst published family law opinion to come out of the Supreme
November 1, 2011
In the October 31, 2011 opinion in Burch v. Burch, 395 S.C. 318, 717 S.E.2d 757 (2011), the South Carolina Supreme Court finally ratifies the passive
