Tag: Divorce

South Carolina’s alimony lottery

February 19, 2010

I had a recent phone conference with a New Jersey attorney as we discussed the advantages of disadvantages of fighting an alimony case in South

No Fault of Their Own

February 18, 2010

Interesting op-ed piece by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family therapist, in today’s New York Times criticizing the way child custody cases are handled forty years after

Less adultery = more divorce?

January 30, 2010

While many in our culture believe contemporary folks wallow in sin, merely from the fact that women in our culture expect greater respect than they

Supreme Court clarifies equitable distribution in a long-term marriage and slowly moves South Carolina to a community property state status

January 5, 2010

The January 4, 2010 Supreme Court opinion in Dawkins v. Dawkins, 386 S.C. 169, 687 S.E.2d 52 (2010) was explicitly intended to clarify for the bench

Court of Appeals decision rewards indefinite pleadings in family court

December 9, 2009

A few years ago I stopped adding the catchall phrase “and for such other relief as the court deems just and proper” to my family

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

For Better or Worse?

September 25, 2009

Any bride-to-be who expects that her intended will be satisfied with once-a-week vanilla sex is either too young or naive to get married.  We men

Can the logic justifying property division and alimony in South Carolina be reconciled (or if x=y, why doesn’t -x=-y)?

August 27, 2009

South Carolina is not a community property state (in community property states all marital property is divided equally).  However, in practice, with long-term marriages the