Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce

November 14, 2009

Article in yesterday’s New York Times.   Should be required reading/checklist for divorce clients:  Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce

Legal obligations versus ethical obligations: Why should parents have to support their adult children?

September 25, 2009

We live in a culture that increasingly confuses ethical obligations with legal ones.  For example, I believe I am ethically obligated to help out those

A new day in child support agreements

August 24, 2009

N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of  Lewis v. Lewis,

Small small victory

July 29, 2009

An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in

Misguided child support decision from South Carolina’s Supreme Court

July 7, 2009

N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of  Lewis v. Lewis,

Is the application of civil contempt in South Carolina’s “daddy round-ups” improper?

June 19, 2009

“The problem is, chronic non-supporters do not have dependable jobs, nor tax refunds, nor seizeable property. That’s why they are chronic. . . . As

Irresponsible baby daddies

June 15, 2009

One day I may post a blog describing my research on why the methods that South Carolina uses to collect back child support (sarcastically referred

Did the Supreme Court limit laches too much in defending back alimony and child support claims?

April 21, 2009

Two recent South Carolina Supreme Court opinions: Ables v. Gladden, 378 S.C. 558, 664 S.E.2d 442 (2008) and Strickland v. Strickland, 375 S.C. 76, 650

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