How long would it take you to read 18 opinions?
January 3, 2013
If you read every 2012 published appeal of a South Carolina family court case you would be reading 18 opinions: five from the Supreme Court
Review of “Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts”
August 9, 2012
No matter one’s opinion of the jurisprudence United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, his recent book,“Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts” (co-authored with
The limitations of textualist construction in statutory interpretation
July 20, 2012
Based on a mostly enthusiastic review in the New York Times by Stanley Fish, I purchased “Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts,” by (Supreme
How many parents can (should) a child have?
July 14, 2012
My family spent last evening with South Carolina adoption guru James Fletcher Thompson. James regaled us with stories of the latest trends in assisted reproduction
A new front in the battle of the sexes
July 8, 2012
A recent scientific breakthrough allows the paternity of an unborn child to be determined through a blood test of the mother as early as the
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
What are the justifications for long-term supervised visitation?
May 11, 2012
Almost two decades of family law practice has made me cautious regarding supervised visitation. The number of parents who believe their co-parents’ visitation needs to
A switch in justices revives previous South Carolina law on college support
March 7, 2012
Less than two years ago, the South Carolina Supreme Court, in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010), overruled Risinger v. Risinger,
