October 18, 2009
Just this month, one of my local family law colleagues was placed on interim suspension by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Not only did this
More dang unpublished opinions
October 14, 2009
A few weeks ago, I complained about the South Carolina appellate courts issuing uncitable, unpublished opinions from cases that were not decided in a summary
South Carolina Supreme Court allows writ of certiorari to challenge discovery order
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Hollman v. Woolfson, 384 S.C. 571, 683 S.E.2d 495 (2009) approves an unusual use of a writ of certiorari:
Maybe they shouldn’t hear voting rights cases?
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Financial Federal v. Brown, 384 S.C. 555, 683 S.E.2d 486 (2009) contains an anomaly: Justice Beatty’s “majority” opinion received
The problematic jurisprudence of uncitable appellate opinions in the internet era
September 18, 2009
Why should appellate courts be able to overrule or alter the decisions of lower courts? Why should they have the authority to make important and
Supreme Court holds that waiver of adultery’s bar to alimony does not violate public policy
August 31, 2009
The South Carolina Supreme Court decision in Eason v. Eason, 384 S.C. 473, 682 S.E.2d 804 (2009) corrects an obvious injustice, holding that a written agreement between
A new day in child support agreements
August 24, 2009
N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of Lewis v. Lewis,
Misguided child support decision from South Carolina’s Supreme Court
July 7, 2009
N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of Lewis v. Lewis,
