March 4, 2010
Trying (unsuccessfully) to locate a case referenced by Professor Roy T. Stuckey dealing with connivance from the days before South Carolina allowed divorce (1949-50), I
Why the delay between the Sanfords’ divorce hearing and the divorce?
February 27, 2010
Under S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-80, titled Required delays before reference and final decree; exceptions, South Carolina law sets specific waiting periods before the court
In South Carolina, juveniles can legally consume alcohol in their parents’ home
February 25, 2010
Few of the family law attorneys I know are aware of S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-2460, which states: No provision of law prohibiting the use
South Carolina’s alimony lottery
February 19, 2010
I had a recent phone conference with a New Jersey attorney as we discussed the advantages of disadvantages of fighting an alimony case in South
Grandparent child support responsibility when their minor children have children
February 16, 2010
A legal argument I have often made (never successfully) and would love to eventually appeal is whether a parent’s legal obligation to support his or
South Carolina Appellate Courts continue to reward indefinite pleading
February 16, 2010
I applauded when the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued its 2008 opinion in Camp v. Camp, 378 S.C. 237, 662 S.E.2d 458 (Ct. App. 2008) dismissing
Should fathers of children born out-of-wedlock have rights and obligations towards those children?
February 11, 2010
The goal of this blog is not to offend but merely to establish the following three points about the current system in which fathers of
Individual versus collective responsibilities for raising children
February 5, 2010
Much of our “culture war” debates are tangential offshoots of the meta issue of whether caring for a child is the collective responsibility of the
