Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XII, Letting Your Paralegal Practice Law

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

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,

Court of Appeals notes it’s unlikely parents agree to their habitually intoxicated spouse having custody of their children

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

Gone fishing

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”

Winning too big

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

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