January 17, 2018
In the January 17, 2018, opinion in Scott v. Scott, 422 S.C. 154, 810 S.E.2d 439 (Ct. App. 2018), the Court of Appeals refused to apply
Two recent interesting unpublished family law opinions
August 10, 2017
I rarely blog about unpublished opinions because even when they are interesting, and even when they should have been published, they rarely do anything other
August 8, 2017
Ever since DNA testing became sufficiently accurate to conclusively exclude paternity, there’s been a tension between the goals of establishing paternity with finality and with
Help T. Ryan Phillips get Baker v. Hardwick published
May 25, 2017
I would love to see the May 24, 2017 Court of Appeals opinion in Baker v. Hardwick get published. Not just because T. Ryan Phillips
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
March 7, 2017
N.B. On May 9, 2018 the Supreme Court reversed this decision. See: Supreme Court reinstates termination of father’s parental rights and authorizes foster parent adoption On
Patterns in 2016 Published South Carolina Family Court opinions
January 4, 2017
For the past six years I’ve done an annual recap of the prior year’s South Carolina published family court appeals. It’s an opportunity for me
