Why I no longer accept service of rules to show cause
April 2, 2011
Yesterday two different attorneys asked me about accepting service on behalf of a client for rules to show cause. While I will routinely accept service
United States Supreme Court accepts certiorari on South Carolina child support enforcement case
November 2, 2010
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court accepted certiorari on the South Carolina case of Price v. Turner, 387 S.C. 142, 691 S.E.2d 470 (2010). The
Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation
August 4, 2010
When I first started practicing family law I would encounter a number of visitation enforcement hearings in which the custodial parent tried to excuse his
June 17, 2010
In the first year of law school everyone takes Civil Procedure, where we learn about in rem jurisdiction, quasi in rem jurisdiction and in personam
Applying Family Court Rule 27 to line jump the docket on visitation enforcement
June 15, 2010
I met with a father earlier this week for a consult. He mentioned that he had gone five months without seeing his teenage daughter and
March 29, 2010
I would love to see our South Carolina Supreme Court explain how an indigent holds the key to his cell door by paying $6,000.00 he
January 5, 2010
The December 30, 2009 Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v. Johnson, 386 S.C. 426, 688 S.E.2d 588 (2009), clarifies the service requirements for notification of attempted
Seeking criminal contempt for denied visitation
September 20, 2009
A few months ago I prosecuted a rule to show cause in which the mother had refused to let my client (her ex-husband) take the
