Once an attorney makes an appearance, that attorney can be served with the summons and complaint
April 7, 2025
If I have knowledge that a family law matter has been filed against an existing client, I will often file my notice of appearance before
February 7, 2025
I encounter litigants, and sometimes even attorneys, who rest on their pleadings and motions (including returns to motions) to support their requests for motions. They
February 1, 2025
On January 29, 2025, the South Carolina Supreme Court proposed an amendment to Rule 21, SCFCR, to the South Carolina General Assembly. If not rejected
No more unilateral remote mediations
December 6, 2024
A December 6, 2024 Supreme Court order rescinds a March 19, 2021 Supreme Court order that authorized remote mediations during the COVID-19 pandemic. That 2021
October 1, 2024
On September 25, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a revised order on “Duties of Family Court Chief Judges for Administrative Purposes.” For family
You don’t have to suffer through multiple standby docketings
June 1, 2023
I’m not a big fan of being on standby dockets. Not only is there the necessity of having to prepare for a trial that may
The family court’s failure to protect guardians ad litem does not appear to be improving
January 31, 2023
Over a decade ago I stopped doing guardian ad Litem work and blogged about why. I was tired of ad hominem attacks from unhappy litigants—and
Whose signatures are needed for family court consent orders?
November 3, 2022
In the pre-COVID days, one could typically get temporary orders approved with just the attorneys’ signatures and could almost always get procedural orders approved with
