Court of Appeals clarifies remedies to sell marital home in face of one party’s intransigence

March 31, 2011

Part of the family court’s goals in affecting an equitable distribution of separated spouses’ marital property is severing all entangling legal relationships and placing the

Unpublished Court of Appeals opinion provides guidance for mediators regarding admissibility of documents provided during mediation

March 26, 2011

From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel The South Carolina Court of Appeals filed what I consider to be an important unpublished family court opinion which,

Oral argument on April 7th: come see me crash and burn?

March 23, 2011

I’ve been handling appeals since I graduated law school, including drafting two appeal briefs in 1991 before being sworn in as a member of the

Court of Appeals reverses family court finding that Husband’s three pre-marital rental homes were transmuted into marital property

March 16, 2011

The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Smallwood v. Smallwood, 392 S.C. 574, 709 S.E.2d 543 (Ct.App.,2011), reversed the family court’s finding that Husband’s pre-marital

South Carolina appellate courts continue to interpret cohabitation to terminate alimony narrowly in favor of supported spouses; failing to challenge fee affidavit fatal to claim that fee award of $126,797.30 was excessive

March 16, 2011

The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Biggins v. Burdette, 392 S.C. 241, 708 S.E.2d 237 (Ct.App. 2011), continues the trend of the South Carolina

Maybe we’re taking the deference to the family court judge’s credibility determinations too far?

February 25, 2011

The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate

Andrew Michael Myers is one husband who definitely needed a prenup

January 22, 2011

In the history of South Carolina husbands who wish they had a prenup, I bet there are few with more justification for this feeling than

SCDSS v. Polite pits pro se against the bureaucracy in a philosophical argument about the nature of justice

January 22, 2011

An aphorism first year law students are told is “bad facts make bad law.”  The January 19, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.

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