I too have read South Carolina Family Court Rule 9 (or how to piss-off a family court judge part 2)
June 26, 2010
If you practice family law in South Carolina, how often has the following happened to you?: ATTORNEY: [Asks the witness a question] OPPOSING COUNSEL: Objection
June 26, 2010
Since family court proceedings are bench trials a family law attorney’s task is to convince a judge, not a jury. Judges who feel that the
Financial declarations with an eye toward the future
June 22, 2010
Just the past week I have closed a support modification case in which a party’s financial declaration understates that party’s projected future income and taken
June 17, 2010
In the first year of law school everyone takes Civil Procedure, where we learn about in rem jurisdiction, quasi in rem jurisdiction and in personam
Applying Family Court Rule 27 to line jump the docket on visitation enforcement
June 15, 2010
I met with a father earlier this week for a consult. He mentioned that he had gone five months without seeing his teenage daughter and
June 11, 2010
It took mere months of legal practice for me to determine that the time I spent managing a paralegal was taking away from time I
Appearance of Counsel in Family Court
June 10, 2010
One of the attorneys I am informally mentoring in family court practice came back from a domestic abuse hearing earlier this week having gotten a
Joint Custody: It’s how you ask
June 8, 2010
A lesson instilled as a child by my parents and teachers is that “it’s not just what you ask for; it’s how you ask for
