Overnight non-marital romantic companion restraints after Lawrence v. Texas
October 29, 2011
South Carolina family court judges routinely issue restraints against exposing children to a parent’s non-marital romantic companions overnight. When concerned about appearing to be moral
September 20, 2011
In what is, for me, one of the most highly anticipated decisions on this year’s docket, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided on September 19,
Should separation be required for a separate maintenance action?
August 21, 2011
In April 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Eileen Frances Theresa Busto Theisen v. Clifford Richard Theisen. According
Ending the alimony guessing game
July 4, 2011
An editorial in today’s New York Times, Ending the alimony guessing game, by Alexandra Harwin, a 2011 Yale Law School graduate, highlights New York State’s
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent?
June 30, 2011
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent? At least one local family court judge seems to think so. I had a motion
Can inability to remedy a child’s morbid obesity be considered child abuse or neglect?
June 26, 2011
Until recently I had been representing the family of a child whose morbid obesity led to repeated Department of Social Services interventions. His medical doctors
Indignance over representing indigent costs South Carolina attorney
June 21, 2011
The June 21, 2011 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Ex Parte Brown 393 S.C. 214, 711 S.E.2d 899 (2011), finally establishes “that the Takings Clause of
