How to help a family court litigant who failed to show up for trial
August 1, 2013
A couple times each year I will get contacted by a family law litigant who failed to show up for trial and wants to appeal
Failing to answer a family court complaint can be malpractice
July 18, 2013
Recently I was an expert witness [for the first time in my career] in a legal malpractice case. I was asked to provide an opinion
No lesson learned two years after the spanking
May 1, 2013
Two years after the United States Supreme Court reversed the South Carolina Supreme Court in Turner v. Rodgers, 131 S.Ct. 2507 (2011), I see no
Pre-trial order settling “personal property” precludes equitable distribution of retirement accounts
April 21, 2013
I’ve had a few cases in which the issue of what constitutes “personal property” has been the subject of debate. The understanding of the typical
Mediator full employment act hits the tri-county area
March 21, 2013
News today from the South Carolina Judicial Department announced a March 14, 2013 Supreme Court order making Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties subject to mandatory
When abuse and neglect and private custody cases overlap
March 21, 2013
Not infrequently a claim of abuse or neglect against one parent will lead another parent to seek custody. Other times a private custody case will
Seeking procedural relief before seeking substantive temporary relief
February 23, 2013
My colleagues frequently recount war stories in which their attempts to obtain substantive relief on a temporary basis early in the case failed while subsequent
