Hawkins affirms denial of child support reduction to downsized, underemployed father
April 21, 2013
The April 17, 2013 Court of Appeals opinion in Hawkins v. Hawkins, 403 S.C. 228, 742 S.E.2d 677 (Ct. App. 2013) demonstrates the continued reluctance of the family
Pre-trial order settling “personal property” precludes equitable distribution of retirement accounts
April 21, 2013
I’ve had a few cases in which the issue of what constitutes “personal property” has been the subject of debate. The understanding of the typical
March 6, 2013
The March 6, 2013 Court of Appeals opinion in Barber v. Barber, 402 S.C. 96, 738 S.E.2d 845 (Ct. App. 2013), clarifies a narrow but frequently
The difficulty of bringing tort claims against the Department of Social Services
March 3, 2013
On December 2, 2015, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed this Court of Appeals decision in Bass v. SCDSS, 414 S.C. 558, 780 S.E.2d 252 (2015).
What becomes of a transmuted waterfront lot?
February 20, 2013
In my almost four years of blogging about every reported South Carolina appellate decision from family court and over fifteen years of handling family law
Court of Appeals holds alimony agreement not ambiguous
January 3, 2013
In the December 28, 2012 opinion in Gaffney v. Gaffney, 401 S.C. 216, 736 S.E.2d 683 (Ct. App. 2012), the South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed
December 12, 2012
In the December 12, 2012 opinion of King v. King, 400 S.C. 611, 735 S.E.2d 551 (Ct. App. 2012), the Court of Appeals affirmed the family
Equitable distribution when spouses rarely lived together
December 5, 2012
The December 5, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in Jenkins v. Jenkins, 401 S.C. 191, 736 S.E.2d 392 (Ct. App. 2012) addresses, without providing guidance, the interesting
