December 7, 2016
N.B., The South Carolina Supreme Court ultimately reversed this decision and found such orders were immediately appealable The issue of what family court orders are
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
Court of Appeals vacates removal and TPR orders due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction
October 18, 2016
In the October 10, 2016 opinion in SCDSS v. Tran, 418 S.C. 308, 792 S.E.2d 254 (Ct.App. 2016), the South Carolina Court of Appeals vacated
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
September 9, 2016
One of my harder tasks practicing family law in South Carolina is advising ex-spouses with alimony obligations whether and how much their obligation might change
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
Court of Appeals affirms contempt finding against mother who didn’t force children to visit
July 10, 2016
Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation is one of my most controversial and by far my most commented-upon blog.
“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
