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
Can miscarriage expenses be considered an incident of child support?
June 2, 2010
Today’s Court of Appeals opinion in Susan R. v. Donald R., 389 S.C. 107, 697 S.E.2d 634 (Ct. App. 2010), affirmed, with one seemingly insignificant modification,
May 28, 2010
A couple of interesting things are happening in yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bodkin v. Bodkin, 388 S.C. 203, 694 S.E.2d 230 (2010), which, with one
May 25, 2010
Last Friday I attended a motion in which the primary issue was whether my client’s discovery request was a “fishing expedition.” The term “fishing expedition”
May 22, 2010
Very early in my career I handled my first contested custody case which resulted in my client, a young medical student, obtaining custody of his
Frequently Asked Question on organizing a family court file
April 22, 2010
Having had one more potential client show up today with a stack of disorganized paperwork, I finally decided to publish a memo I had drafted
Updated abuse and neglect materials
March 26, 2010
Less than a year after undertaking extensive research in 2007 to draft materials for lectures on representing parents in abuse and neglect cases, South Carolina’s
