Provision for adjustment of child support using a “Shared Parenting Formula” [Schedule C]
January 18, 2011
From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel I've been involved in a number of mediations in which we were working to settle a child support
Discovery in family court: shotgun or rifle approach?
January 15, 2011
Many of these blogs are inspired by young attorneys I am informally mentoring. This one was inspired by a query as to the sort of
January 9, 2011
Yesterday, I blogged on how mediators (and guardians) might collect fees for the time they spend as an attorney collecting the fees they earn as
Collecting fees as the mediator or guardian
January 8, 2011
For attorneys who also act as mediators or guardians ad litem, many family court judges’ interpretation of Calhoun v. Calhoun, 331 S.C. 157, 164-65, 501
Specificity versus flexibility in custody agreements
January 2, 2011
Sometimes the more things you allow folks who don’t get along to argue about, the more arguments you are going to create. There is always
A “shot across the bow”: issuing discovery as a method of encouraging settlement
December 5, 2010
Quite often in my family law cases I will issue written discovery along with a settlement proposal. This is a strategy I see few other
December 5, 2010
In part one of this blog I explained how an opposing party’s failure to call certain witnesses at trial could be considered as negatively impacting
