September 16, 2010
South Carolina law allows spouses to obtain a divorce when they “have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of one year.” S.C.
Court ordered sibling visitation in South Carolina
September 12, 2010
One of the more recent additions to the South Carolina jurisdictional code regarding children and family court, § 63-3-530, is subsection 44, which allows the
High income child support in South Carolina: extrapolation versus the “Three Pony Rule”
September 12, 2010
A belief undergirding support guidelines is that children are entitled to enjoy a lifestyle similar to their parents, but if daddy has an entourage does
What’s “conditional” about the conditional forgiveness in condonation?
September 9, 2010
“Condonation” is one of the few family law doctrines that appeals to the better angels of our nature. Allowing one spouse to conditionally forgive the
Treating Unwed Daddies as Wallets
August 27, 2010
I had lunch yesterday with Charlie F.P. Segars-Andrews, who mentioned she had been contacted to do work with an agency, Responsible Committed Fatherhood Initiative, attempting to
July 28, 2010
“The presumption that a child born in wedlock is legitimate, although rebuttable, is one of the strongest known in the law.” Lewter by Epps v. Thompson,
July 22, 2010
My first year of law school the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Deshaney v. Winnebago Cty. Soc. Servs. Dept., 489 U.S. 189
South Carolina’s bass-ackwards approach to life insurance to secure support payments
July 15, 2010
South Carolina’s approach to the requirement of life insurance to secure child support or alimony payments could only have been designed by someone with no
