The answer is no.
Representing opposing parties to any lawsuit (and even uncontested divorces or uncontested child support and custody cases are lawsuits) is absolutely prohibited. Any attorney who indicates he or she can represent both parties in having a domestic agreement approved by the court or obtaining a divorce is committing an ethical violation. See South Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7(b)(3) and comment 21.
Supreme Court remands for new custody trial based on stale record
On November 23, 2022, the South Carolina Supreme Court partially granted a writ of certiorari, and remanded the case of Rossington v. Rossington
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A sizable portion of my initial consults are with parents frustrated in achieving their custody or visitation goals in the family court. Often
Why I’m sticking with remote mediations
Early in the COVID era, the South Carolina Supreme Court authorized mediations using video conferencing. Despite the return of relative normalcy to the
