Tag: Equitable Distribution/Property Division

Supreme Court reaffirms that professional goodwill is not marital asset; finds abuse of discretion in family court’s alimony award but provides no explanation to justify its modified award

January 11, 2010

Today’s Supreme Court opinion in Dickert v. Dickert, 387 S.C. 1, 691 S.E.2d 448 (2010), resolved interesting issues of equitable distribution and alimony.  However on the

Supreme Court clarifies equitable distribution in a long-term marriage and slowly moves South Carolina to a community property state status

January 5, 2010

The January 4, 2010 Supreme Court opinion in Dawkins v. Dawkins, 386 S.C. 169, 687 S.E.2d 52 (2010) was explicitly intended to clarify for the bench

Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce

November 14, 2009

Article in yesterday’s New York Times.   Should be required reading/checklist for divorce clients:  Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce

Overusing appraisers in valuing marital property

November 5, 2009

In equitably dividing marital property the South Carolina family court judge has three tasks: 1) identifying which property of the parties is “marital” and which

Can the logic justifying property division and alimony in South Carolina be reconciled (or if x=y, why doesn’t -x=-y)?

August 27, 2009

South Carolina is not a community property state (in community property states all marital property is divided equally).  However, in practice, with long-term marriages the

Transmutation in an economic downturn

June 18, 2009

In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided.  They would either sell their home and divide