Using the court’s contempt powers to stop visitation interference

April 22, 2015

There are some custodial parents who are unreasonably resistant to the other parent’s relationship with their child(ren). Often such parents will manipulate and maneuver to

Visitation schedules for firefighters (or anyone who works 24-hours on/48-hours off)

March 24, 2015

One can always tell when an attorney has failed to really focus on his or her client when a parent who works a 24-hours on/48-hours

Checklist of questions whose answers can derail a custody or visitation case

August 29, 2014

I tried a custody case last month in which I learned a few weeks prior to trial that my client was using marijuana approximately once

Visitation cases have a different focus than custody cases

June 7, 2012

Typically parents retain me to handle visitation cases, rather than seeking custody, when they have not had much recent contact with their child.  Often such

For second consecutive week Court of Appeals reverses and remands family court order due to inadequate factual findings

June 6, 2012

Last week, in Tillman v. Oakes, 398 S.C. 245, 728 S.E.2d 45 (Ct. App. 2012), the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a family court custody

What are the justifications for long-term supervised visitation?

May 11, 2012

Almost two decades of family law practice has made me cautious regarding supervised visitation.  The number of parents who believe their co-parents’ visitation needs to

Gotta walk before you can run

March 29, 2012

Quite often in my practice I will meet with a parent, typically a mother, who has been under an order of supervised visitation for a

When attacking the opposing party is counterproductive

March 7, 2011

Perhaps because the legal process involves the resolution of conflict, and because conflict requires parties to be in opposition, folks involved in litigation reflexively believe

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