When does a judge’s ruling become a valid order?
October 9, 2013
Early in my family court career I used to debate with my colleagues as to when a family judge’s ruling became valid. The (super-)majority view
July 12, 2013
I occasionally get calls from folks wanting to change their child’s name. Often both parents agree on the name change. Yet South Carolina not only
May 22, 2013
South Carolina is one of the few states with an explicit right to privacy within the state constitution. S.C. Const. art. I, §10. One of my
No lesson learned two years after the spanking
May 1, 2013
Two years after the United States Supreme Court reversed the South Carolina Supreme Court in Turner v. Rodgers, 131 S.Ct. 2507 (2011), I see no
February 12, 2013
Unbeknownst to me until last week, on December 2, 2012 the South Carolina Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of Moeller v. Moeller, 394
What’s so bad about split custody?
January 24, 2013
While our family court jurisdictional statute, S.C. Code § 63-3-530(42), allows judges “to order joint or divided custody where the court finds it is in
January 14, 2013
Ever since a local family court judge got defrocked for presiding in a case in which she had an alleged conflict, South Carolina family court
Does equitable distribution case law overvalue retirement accounts?
January 10, 2013
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) and 401k account assets are not as valuable as an equivalent amount of cash. With some exceptions there is a 10%
