Why won’t South Carolina end common-law marriage?
October 14, 2009
On July 24, 2019, the South Carolina Supreme Court finally (and only prospectively) abolished common-law marriage in South Carolina. See South Carolina Supreme Court finally
Buying one’s way out of court appointments
October 6, 2009
Under South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 608, most South Carolina attorneys are required to be on either the criminal or civil court appointment list, in
Family law’s massive sociological experiment(s)
September 27, 2009
Last night, while driving to the birthday party of my friends’ son, I was speaking on the phone to one of my oldest and dearest
September 25, 2009
We live in a culture that increasingly confuses ethical obligations with legal ones. For example, I believe I am ethically obligated to help out those
South Carolina Supreme Court allows writ of certiorari to challenge discovery order
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Hollman v. Woolfson, 384 S.C. 571, 683 S.E.2d 495 (2009) approves an unusual use of a writ of certiorari:
Maybe they shouldn’t hear voting rights cases?
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Financial Federal v. Brown, 384 S.C. 555, 683 S.E.2d 486 (2009) contains an anomaly: Justice Beatty’s “majority” opinion received
Could a different priority on custody factors lead to reduced acrimony between estranged parents?
September 20, 2009
In Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973), authors Anna Freud (Sigmund Freud’s daughter), Joseph Goldstein and Albert Solnit recommend that in a typical
Seeking criminal contempt for denied visitation
September 20, 2009
A few months ago I prosecuted a rule to show cause in which the mother had refused to let my client (her ex-husband) take the
