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May 30th, 2026

Nut up or shut up discovery

Perhaps I am mellowing in my old age. Perhaps younger attorneys are simply more enamored of roundhouse punch allegations than I am comfortable with. But I increasingly see complaints or counterclaims with broad and wild allegations that I am pretty sure the other side cannot prove (even if they might be true). Such allegations call […]

Of Interest to Family Court Litigants

May 30th, 2026

Don’t eat the Cheerios if your custody order forbids it

Parents caught violating child custody restraints they find stupid or minor often question why I won’t advocate the position that their violation should be excused because the restraint is stupid or pointless. This blog explains why. Let’s say you have a child custody order that was the result of an agreement. That order forbids you […]

Of Interest to Family Court Litigants

May 13th, 2026

Court of Appeals holds magistrate courts have jurisdiction to hear spouses’ requests for restraining orders

On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, in the case of Major v. Major, held that the magistrate courts have jurisdiction to hear spouses’ requests for restraining orders. In Major, Wife sought a restraining order in magistrate court against Husband pursuant to section 16-3-1750 of the South Carolina Code (2015) (the Harassment and Stalking Statute) for […]

Evidence

May 13th, 2026

South Carolina Supreme Court holds results of a penile plethysmograph (PPG) test are inadmissible as unreliable

In 2024, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, in the case of In the Matter of Shawn T. Daily, 443 S.C. 557, 905 S.E.2d 310 (Ct. App. 2024), held that the results of a penile plethysmograph (PPG) test are inadmissible as unreliable. Blogging about Daily at the time, I noted that such tests were often used in family court, […]

Not South Carolina Specific

May 2nd, 2026

Should you fight?

A sizable portion of folks contacting my office seeking representation are seeking an attorney who is “a fighter.” They will often use canine descriptions—pitbull or bulldog—to describe the style of attorney they seek. While I certainly believe myself capable of fighting (in the litigation sense, not the boxing or MMA sense) I try to avoid it. […]

Family Court Procedure

April 30th, 2026

Supreme Court extends deadline to file post-trial motions

On April 30, 2026, rule changes proposed by the South Carolina Supreme Court went into effect. These rule changes extend the deadline to file post-trial motions under numerous South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure from ten days after receiving written notice of the entry of the judgment to twenty days. For family court attorneys, the relevant rule […]

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