The aggravation of equitably dividing household furnishings
June 24, 2017
Early in my career I spent an afternoon with two estranged spouses and a friendly opposing counsel auctioning the parties’ household furnishings to the highest
May 17, 2017
The United States Supreme Court rarely issues opinions addressing family law, making the May 15, 2017 opinion in Howell v. Howell blogworthy. Howell addresses an
South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion highlights the importance of accurate financial declarations
April 11, 2017
My clients get sick of me harping on refining and corroborating their financial declarations before we file them. In the future I will direct them
Betting on an estranged spouse’s untimely demise
November 26, 2016
In the first twenty years of my practice it was rare that a party died in the middle of divorce litigation or within a few
Wife’s lack of corroborating evidence mostly dooms her appeal
November 2, 2016
In the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story “Adventure of the Silver Blaze,” Sherlock Holmes deduces the identity of the thief, in part, by noting that
Five years of litigation, all for naught
September 10, 2016
Pity poor Lori Stoney, a fellow member of the Charleston County family court bar, and the appellant in the July 27, 2016 Court of Appeals
On the same day two separate Court of Appeals panels reverse transmutation findings
July 13, 2016
On July 13, 2016, the Court of Appeals published two opinions in which the primary issue on appeal was transmutation–the almost alchemical process by which
“Hammered” by the family court, Court of Appeals hammers Husband again
April 16, 2016
There are some family court smack-downs that beg for an appeal. And there are some Court of Appeals decisions that beg for a petition for
