Picking good witnesses for custody cases
July 29, 2022
Some custody cases can be tried with the parents being the primary witnesses. But when there are substantial disputes about who the children are more
June 19, 2022
It is pretty rare that the United States Supreme Court weighs in on family law matters. Thus, I’m surprised I didn’t hear more about its
You willing to go to jail over that?
April 14, 2022
It amazes me how unseriously many folks subject to South Carolina child custody orders take the requirement of those orders. Per S.C. Code Ann. §
Court of Appeals affirms award of stepmother custody and grandparent visitation
March 17, 2022
In the March 16, 2022 opinion in Jacobs v. Zarcone, 436 S.C. 170, 871 S.E.2d 211 (Ct.App. 2022), the Court of Appeals affirms an award
Court of Appeals’ Glinyanay opinion addresses numerous novel family law issues
February 23, 2022
The February 23, 2022, Court of Appeals opinion in Glinyanay v. Tobias, 436 S.C. 137, 871 S.E.2d 193 (Ct.App. 2022), addresses numerous novel legal issues
Parents who allow unfit co-parents to provide unsupervised care for their child(ren) are also unfit
February 14, 2022
But for the human capacity for self delusions, I would find the ability of parents to claim their co-parent was unfit while they allowed that
Anyone has standing to seek custody of a neglected or delinquent child
February 12, 2022
I thought it was well known that when a child’s caretakers are unfit literarily anyone has standing to seek custody. Yet when two lawyer friends
Notice provisions in custody agreements
December 1, 2021
Not enough care is given to drafting notice provisions in custody orders. There is an inherent tension between the needs/goals of the non-custodial parent and
