Court of Appeals reverses award of alimony to underemployed wife of a frugal marriage
January 15, 2026
The January 14, 2025 Court of Appeals opinion in Scherba v. Scherba, reversed the family court’s award of permanent periodic alimony to Wife, finding her
2025 demonstrates a shocking low in published family court opinions
December 31, 2025
In the 17 years I have been doing this blog, I do a year-end summary of published family court opinions. 2025 has a shocking new
Court of Appeals affirms Mother can be held in contempt for publishing book critical of Father
August 12, 2025
The March 5, 2025, Court of Appeals opinion in Clark v. Clark, 446 S.C. 909, 17 S.E.2d 917 (Ct. App. 2025), affirms the family court’s
Court of Appeals affirms award of permanent periodic alimony despite short marriage
March 27, 2025
The March 26, 2025, Court of Appeals opinion on the case of Yu v. Jonas, 445 S.C. 493, 914 S.E.2d 501 (Ct.App. 2025), affirmed the
Court of Appeals reverses grant of visitation to grandparents
February 21, 2025
The February 12, 2025, Court of Appeals opinion in Dendy v. Gamble, 445 S.C. 367, 914 S.E.2d 165 (Ct. App. 2025), reversed a family court’s
For second time in under two years, Court of Appeals affirms divided legal custody
November 22, 2024
The refiled October 21, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in Abbas-Ghaleb v. Ghaleb, 444 S.C. 245, 907 S.E.2d 105 (Ct. App. 2024), stems from a
October 16, 2024
The October 16, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.Caldwell, held that a juvenile cannot be ordered into confinement for an evaluation without first
Court of Appeals holds results of a penile plethysmograph (PPG) test are inadmissible as unreliable
September 9, 2024
I typically don’t blog about criminal cases and In the Matter of Shawn T. Daily, 443 S.C. 557, 905 S.E.2d 310 (Ct.App. 2024), may still
