Supreme Court holds that family court temporary order is never automatically stayed by appeal

November 21, 2012

In the November 21, 2012 opinion of Terry v. Terry, 400 S.C. 453, 734 S.E.2d 646 (2012) the South Carolina Supreme Court clarifies the effect of filing

South Carolina Supreme Court September 2012 case of the month fizzles into unpublished dud

November 21, 2012

Ex parte: Belinda Davis-Branch. In re: Larry Solomon v. Betty Jean Solomon was the South Carolina Supreme Court’s September 2012 “Case of the Month.”  Had

South Carolina Supreme Court’s Suspension of Family Court Rule 24 for Title IV-D Cases

July 29, 2012

Two different family law attorneys have asked–nay demanded–that I blog about the July 19, 2012 South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order suspending application of South

Unclean hands as a defense to contempt

October 28, 2011

In many of the rules to show cause I prosecute, the opposing party will raise the defense of “unclean hands,” arguing that my client’s failure

What part of don’t don’t you understand

August 25, 2011

Friend and colleague Mary Jane (M.J.) Goodwin suggested I blog on the propriety of citing unpublished appellate opinions as legal authority in other cases.  Are

In pro se appeal, Supreme Court offers guidance on forms of and sanctions for contempt

August 1, 2011

Members of the family court bar should thank pro se litigant Brian DiMarco for taking his appeal all the way to the South Carolina Supreme

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

The lunacy of the restraint against “exposing the children to members of the opposite sex, unrelated by blood or marriage, overnight ”

May 28, 2011

A common restraint in South Carolina family court orders involving custody or visitation with minor children is a restraint against “exposing the children to members

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