A new front in the battle of the sexes

July 8, 2012

A recent scientific breakthrough allows the paternity of an unborn child to be determined through a blood test of the mother as early as the

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

Pay your support early

May 31, 2012

Typical language in South Carolina support orders is: The obligor shall pay support directly to the obligee.  If the obligor is ever more than five

Defending false allegations of untimely support payments

December 2, 2011

Counseling clients to pay support by having their bank mail the support check can be a useful prophylactic for defending false claims of late payments.

Unpublished opinion (doesn’t) make(s) new law on application of Schedule C guidelines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

In opinion with numerous oddities, Supreme Court approves active/passive approach to valuing marital property

November 1, 2011

In the October 31, 2011 opinion in Burch v. Burch, 395 S.C. 318, 717 S.E.2d 757 (2011), the South Carolina Supreme Court finally ratifies the passive

United States Supreme Court finds that indigent defendant is not entitled to appointed counsel for child support civil contempt proceeding but still vacates South Carolina Supreme Court judgment of civil contempt

June 20, 2011

The June 20, 2011 United States Supreme Court opinion in Turner v. Rogers, 131 S.Ct. 2507 (2011), will radically alter the way the South Carolina Family Court

Shouldn’t having custody of a child terminate child support per se?

May 13, 2011

Under S.C. Code § 63-3-530 (17) “orders for child support run until the child is eighteen years of age or until the child is married

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