Court of Appeals reverses grant of visitation to grandparents
February 21, 2025
The February 12, 2025, Court of Appeals opinion in Dendy v. Gamble reversed a family court’s award of visitation to Grandparents. This opinion exposes the
Court of Appeals affirms award of stepmother custody and grandparent visitation
March 17, 2022
In the March 16, 2022 opinion in Jacobs v. Zarcone, 436 S.C. 170, 871 S.E.2d 211 (Ct.App. 2022), the Court of Appeals affirms an award
February 1, 2022
Because South Carolina’s De Facto Custodian statute and Grandparent Visitation statute both allow the family court to award visitation to non-parents, they are often viewed
De Facto Custodian rights are more valuable than Grandparent Rights
November 24, 2021
Given the phone calls I receive from prospective clients, it appears that many more folks are aware of the concept of grandparent rights than they
November 2, 2019
The October 30, 2019, South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Bazen v. Bazen, 428 S.C. 511, 837 S.E.2d 23 (2019), would be interesting if it
January 7, 2019
The January 4, 2019 Court of Appeals opinion in Brown v. Key, 425 S.C. 490, 823 S.E.2d 212 (2019), represents the first published opinion addressing
September 5, 2018
The September 5, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Grantham v. Weatherford, 425 S.C. 111, 819 S.E.2d 765 (Ct. App. 2018), addresses the application of
When should the family court award grandparent visitation?
June 17, 2014
There’s some dispute surrounding last week’s blog regarding the wholesale revision of South Carolina’s grandparent visitation statute. Some commenters contend that grandparents should never be awarded autonomous
