Visitation cases mandate a narrower focus than custody cases
October 6, 2023
Not all litigation over time with a child is actually a battle over physical custody of that child. A subset of “custody” litigation involves only
What is “standard visitation” in 2023?
February 3, 2023
When I first began practicing family law 30 years ago, “standard visitation” was pretty standard. A fit parent who was not the primary caretaker was
Unmarried fathers: invest in an attorney to protect your relationship with your child
May 10, 2020
Contemporary culture appears to have lost its understanding of the historic linkage between marriage and paternity. In the time before genetic-based paternity testing (basically before
New Battle for Those on Coronavirus Front Lines: Child Custody
April 8, 2020
Interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about parents using the other parent's occupation [one involving moderate-to-high risk of exposure to COVID-19] to justify emergency
Some guidance from the South Carolina Governor on visitation in the COVID-19 era
April 8, 2020
A few weeks ago I blogged about visitation denial in the COVID-19 era, as many of my clients had questions on whether they could deny
Visitation denial in the COVID-19 era
March 22, 2020
COVID-19 is the first airborne global pandemic to take place since the development of specialized family courts in the United States. Never before has mandated
Can non-custodial parents delegate their parenting time to third-parties?
August 21, 2018
An issue that commonly arises in interpreting custody orders is whether the non-custodial parent is allowed to delegate his or her (in this culture, mostly
Help T. Ryan Phillips get Baker v. Hardwick published
May 25, 2017
I would love to see the May 24, 2017 Court of Appeals opinion in Baker v. Hardwick get published. Not just because T. Ryan Phillips
