Misvaluing small personal services businesses
July 19, 2015
A recent unpublished opinion Court of Appeals opinion, Herring-Wilson v. Wilson, highlights a common fallacy in valuing small personal services businesses for purposes of equitable
Two recent unpublished termination of parental rights opinions that should have been published
April 2, 2015
Within the past week the South Carolina Court of Appeals has issued two unpublished opinions reversing two family court decisions to terminate a parent’s parental
Unpublished Court of Appeals opinion undefinitively answers one of my family court questions
June 25, 2014
The June 25, 2014 unpublished Court of Appeals opinion in Katzburg v. Katzburg undefinitively answers one of my long-standing family court questions. I was retained
March 5, 2014
South Carolina family law’s approach to alimony continues to reflect an antiquated view of gender roles. South Carolina is the only state in which a
South Carolina Supreme Court September 2012 case of the month fizzles into unpublished dud
November 21, 2012
Ex parte: Belinda Davis-Branch. In re: Larry Solomon v. Betty Jean Solomon was the South Carolina Supreme Court’s September 2012 “Case of the Month.” Had
March 15, 2012
I have a long-held intellectual fascination with South Carolina’s sibling visitation statute, S.C. Code § 63-3-530(A)(44), so much so that I wrote a blog with
(Un)important unpublished rehabilitative alimony opinion from Court of Appeals
February 2, 2012
I was eagerly awaiting the Court of Appeals decision in Allen-Hines v. Hines because I was hoping it would answer the question of whether a
Unpublished opinion (doesn’t) make(s) new law on application of Schedule C guidelines
November 16, 2011
Floyd v. Morgan, 383 S.C. 469 , 681 S.E.2d 570 (2009) is possibly the worst published family law opinion to come out of the Supreme
