Supreme Court authorizes use of SCRCP 60(b)(5) to right obvious injustice
May 11, 2011
The 2006 Court of Appeals opinion in Simmons v. Simmons, 370 S.C. 109, 634 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2006) voided a provision in the parties’ 1990
Supreme Court engages in scholarly debates on standard of appellate review of family court orders
May 11, 2011
The May 9, 2011 opinion in Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381, 709 S.E.2d 650 (2011), finds the South Carolina Supreme Court engaging in a scholarly
Court of Appeals clarifies remedies to sell marital home in face of one party’s intransigence
March 31, 2011
Part of the family court’s goals in affecting an equitable distribution of separated spouses’ marital property is severing all entangling legal relationships and placing the
March 16, 2011
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Smallwood v. Smallwood, 392 S.C. 574, 709 S.E.2d 543 (Ct.App.,2011), reversed the family court’s finding that Husband’s pre-marital
Maybe we’re taking the deference to the family court judge’s credibility determinations too far?
February 25, 2011
The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate
Andrew Michael Myers is one husband who definitely needed a prenup
January 22, 2011
In the history of South Carolina husbands who wish they had a prenup, I bet there are few with more justification for this feeling than
Very happy wife; Very unhappy girlfriend
January 22, 2011
I wonder how Pamela Buck feels about her boyfriend now that they jointly owe his ex-wife $262,000. That was the holding in the January 19,
Court of Appeals decision in Mosley addresses child support and equitable distribution issues
November 11, 2010
The November 10, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Mosley v. Mosley, 390 S.C. 524, 702 S.E.2d 253 (Ct. App. 2010) reversed the family court’s determinations
