Beaten by implicit credibility determinations

May 27, 2011

My client, for completely explicable reasons, but much to my disappointment, has decided not to seek rehearing and eventual certiorari of the unpublished May 18,

We appear to have an answer on what constitutes a narcotic

April 30, 2011

A few months ago I blogged about the common misconception that South Carolina has a ground for divorce for drug abuse when it really has

Court of Appeals decision provides rare guidance on standards for appeal of family court temporary orders

April 29, 2011

The April 27, 2011 Court of Appeals decision in Grumbos v. Grumbos, 393 S.C. 33, 710 S.E.2d 76 (Ct.App. 2011), treads much familiar ground.  To wit:

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Unpublished Court of Appeals opinion provides guidance for mediators regarding admissibility of documents provided during mediation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Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel The South Carolina Court of Appeals filed what I consider to be an important unpublished family court opinion which,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

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