Odd skirmishes in the battle over credibility
February 1, 2015
I recently completed a lengthy custody and divorce trial in which the judge asked both attorneys to draft proposed orders. This required us to consider
It can be counterproductive to fight grounds in termination of parental rights cases
January 28, 2015
A party bringing a termination of parental rights (TPR) case must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, both a statutory ground under S.C. Code §
Should one execute a formal agreement at the conclusion of mediation?
January 26, 2015
A frequent debate among my family law colleagues is whether one should have one’s client execute a formal agreement before concluding mediation if one has
Negotiating with a gun to one’s head
January 23, 2015
The family court won’t approve agreements that are obtained through coercion. However, “coercion” in this legal sense is quite different, and much more limited, than
Getting the child’s items returned at the end of visitation
January 21, 2015
Recently I prosecuted a rule to show cause in which one of my client’s goal was to get her child’s items returned. The father’s visitation
File an answer at or before the temporary hearing
January 20, 2015
One of the odd procedural quirks of South Carolina family law is that one can have a hearing seeking temporary substantive relief as part of
Litigating child custody does not, by itself, create personal jurisdiction for child support
November 23, 2014
Due to an increasingly mobile society, child custody litigation often moves to different states over a child’s minority. When both parents and the child no
Remedies for the evasive deposition witness
September 18, 2014
Few areas of litigation practice are more frustrating than deposing an evasive, hostile or obnoxious witness. In the courtroom setting, a witness who acts these
