Should child custody be revisited every few years?
May 21, 2012
There was a thoughtful Op-Ed piece in the May 20, 2012 New York Times titled “In Whose Best Interests?” by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family
South Carolina Supreme Court promulgates rules for rules to show cause in family court
April 30, 2012
On April 30, 2012, the South Carolina Supreme Court finally created the long-awaited, oft-deferred family court rules for the handling of rules to show cause.
Caught in a circular firing squad
March 13, 2012
I have increasingly come to the conclusion that being a guardian ad litem in South Carolina for private custody cases is an impossible task if
Forgoing divorce grounds corroboration based upon an “admission against interest”
January 31, 2012
To prevent spouses from making up grounds for a divorce that they are not entitled to, South Carolina requires “corroboration” of divorce grounds to prevent
January 26, 2012
The January 25, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in Mullarkey v. Mullarkey, 397 S.C. 182, 723 S.E.2d 249 (Ct. App. 2012), provides valuable guidance on how to
Roesler attempts to clarify family court default
November 11, 2011
I’ve often considered writing a blog simply listing “100 things I don’t know about family law.” The concept is that after eighteen years practicing family
Court of Appeals’ opinion applies Latimer factors to initial custody determination
August 24, 2011
Today’s South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion in McComb v. Conard, 394 S.C. 416, 715 S.E.2d 662 (Ct. App. 2011), approved the family court’s use of
Stipulating to family court discovery
August 5, 2011
Unlike circuit court, there in no automatic discovery in South Carolina’s family court. See Rule 25, SCRFC. Most of the time, discovery is ordered at the
