Court of Appeals opinion clarifies transmutation and adultery’s bar to alimony
August 6, 2010
The August 4, 2010 South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion in Pruitt v. Pruitt, 389 S.C. 250, 697 S.E.2d 702 (Ct. App. 2010), covers numerous issues, a
Court of Appeals affirms biased eyewitness testimony insufficient to prove adultery
July 21, 2010
The July 24, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Kennedy v. Kennedy, 389 S.C. 494, 699 S.E.2d 184 (Ct. App. 2010) provides some guidance on proof of adultery,
South Carolina’s bass-ackwards approach to life insurance to secure support payments
July 15, 2010
South Carolina’s approach to the requirement of life insurance to secure child support or alimony payments could only have been designed by someone with no
May 28, 2010
A couple of interesting things are happening in yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bodkin v. Bodkin, 388 S.C. 203, 694 S.E.2d 230 (2010), which, with one
Court of Appeals clarifies what is proof of physical cruelty and what isn’t proof of adultery
April 14, 2010
I have had a number of cases in which a spouse (in my experience, always the husband) has destroyed the home phone in the midst
March 4, 2010
Trying (unsuccessfully) to locate a case referenced by Professor Roy T. Stuckey dealing with connivance from the days before South Carolina allowed divorce (1949-50), I
The culture’s misconceptions about condonation
March 3, 2010
Condonation (a legal term meaning “conditional forgiveness”) is a powerful defense to a fault divorce in South Carolina. If proven, condonation revives an alimony claim
