April 22nd, 2026
When I attended law school (1988-91) there were few educational videos on the practice of law. The most famous one was Irving Youngers 1975 lecture, “Ten Commandments of Cross Examination.” His Fourth Commandment was “Don’t ask a question to which you do not know the answer.” Actual practice soon taught me that this commandment was […]
Read MoreJanuary 24th, 2025
Interesting article in today’s New York Times, She Was Faulted in Her Divorce for Refusing Sex. A European Court Disagreed. The article addresses a French divorce case. Wife sought a divorce claiming that her Husband’s focus on his career had affected their family life, and that he had been “irritable, violent and hurtful.” Husband argued […]
Read MoreOctober 16th, 2024
The October 16, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.Caldwell, held that a juvenile cannot be ordered into confinement for an evaluation without first obtaining a recommendation from the community mental health center. Caldwell involved a seventeen year old juvenile, J.S., who was on probation with the Department of Juvenile Justice and whose parents […]
Read MoreJuly 24th, 2024
For both professional reasons [family law attorney for 30 years] and personal reasons [husband for 34 years], I find the sociology of marriage a fascinating topic. There are numerous blogs on my website about marriage, a few of them discussing books or essays about marriage. Earlier this year, two writers I greatly admire published books […]
Read MoreMay 3rd, 2024
On May 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. I will be doing a Q&A with Marcia Zug, the Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Family Law at University of South Carolina on her recently published, You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love at Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403. […]
Read MoreApril 26th, 2024
Before I started law school, I was one of two film reviewers for what is now the Philadelphia Weekly. My wife’s and my first date[1] was a Saturday matinee of Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. After moving to Charleston in 1992, I did film reviews for a few years for […]
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