Hold on pardner, where’s the fire?
March 1, 2012
One of the hardest tasks of family court client control is counseling clients to be patient when they want immediate results. This task is rarely
Combining rehabilitative and permanent alimony
February 22, 2012
For reasons that are only marginally explicable, South Carolina attorneys and judges are reluctant to issue orders or enter agreements that combine rehabilitative alimony with
To reduce the coverture fraction, file then negotiate
February 12, 2012
Typically, when a separated or separating spouse contacts me to negotiate a separation agreement, I suggest working towards reaching an agreement before I file an
The custody witness few ever think to call
December 3, 2011
There are lots of obvious witnesses in a custody case: the child’s teachers; the child’s coaches; the child’s mental health professionals; the parents of the
Defending false allegations of untimely support payments
December 2, 2011
Counseling clients to pay support by having their bank mail the support check can be a useful prophylactic for defending false claims of late payments.
November 19, 2011
Did an uncontested fault divorce yesterday in which the pro se defendant failed to appear. To prove the defendant’s habitual intoxication required testimony and evidence
Thinking about Pareto optimization as a tool to achieve settlement
November 11, 2011
Few math majors go into law and those who do rarely go into family law. I’m one of the rare family law attorneys who often
Rethinking my opposition to family court arbitration
October 1, 2011
For a few years my friend and colleague, Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services, LLC, has been encouraging me to rethink my opposition to
