Transmutation in an economic downturn
June 18, 2009
In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided. They would either sell their home and divide
Yet another reason for supporting spouses to offer lump sum alimony
June 16, 2009
Permanent periodic alimony is one debt that may never end until the payor dies. Today’s Court of Appeal’s decision in Fiddie v. Fiddie, 384 S.C. 120, 681
A legal education can be expensive
June 13, 2009
I love contempt. See Enforcement (or Defending Enforcement) of Family Court Orders. Folks tend to forget (if they ever realized) that court orders aren’t simply
Court of Appeals renders first published post-Latimer decision on relocation
June 12, 2009
Our [South Carolina] Court of Appeals rarely prohibited a parent from relocating with a child (at least in the opinions it published) when our Supreme
Court of Appeals provides guidance on alimony reduction in an economic downturn
May 5, 2009
As I have previously noted in Lump Sum Alimony, it is hard to offer clients guidance as to potential alimony reduction when they incur a
Correct result, questionable rationale on multi-state child custody jurisdiction appeal
May 5, 2009
In 2007 South Carolina substituted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) for the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). S.C. Code Ann.
