March 31st, 2026
The March 18, 2026, Court of Appeals opinion in Fennell v. Fennell, affirmed a family court order finding Father in contempt for not paying one-half of daughter’s college tuition and expenses and requiring him to pay Mother’s attorney’s fees. As part of the parties’ divorce and marital settlement agreement, “[b]oth parties agree[d] to contribute equally to […]
Read MoreAugust 12th, 2025
The March 5, 2025, Court of Appeals opinion in Clark v. Clark, 446 S.C. 909, 17 S.E.2d 917 (Ct. App. 2025), affirms the family court’s determination that Mother could be found in contempt for publishing a book critical of Father under a theory that their Minor Child could learn of the book. Clark is the […]
Read MoreSeptember 19th, 2023
I’ve delayed blogging on the August 30, 2023, Court of Appeals opinion in Brantley v. Brantley 441 S.C. 284, 893 S.E.2d 349 (Ct.App. 2023), until remittitur issued because I represented the Appellant on the appeal and I don’t blog on my own appeals until the appeal is final. Despite the partial modification and reversal, Brantley […]
Read MoreAugust 24th, 2023
In the August 23, 2023 opinion in Moore v. Smith, 441 S.C. 261, 892 S.E.2d 552 (Ct.App. 2023), the Court of Appeals reversed the family court’s refusal to require Husband to hold Wife harmless on a note encumbering the marital home despite affirming the family court’s finding that Husband was not in contempt on that […]
Read MoreSeptember 14th, 2022
On September 7, 2022, the Court of Appeals published an opinion in Holland v. Holland, 438 S.C. 69, 881 S.E.2d 766 (Ct.App. 2021), reversing the family court’s determination that Wife’s attempt to collect a child support obligation in 2017 that ended in 2004 was barred by South Carolina’s statute of limitations. The opinion is curious […]
Read MoreAugust 10th, 2022
Just this May I lectured on how de novo review made appealing family court orders more viable. In the materials, I noted six post-Lewis reported appeals in which the family court was reversed, at least in part, because the appellate court rejected the family court’s credibility determinations. The August 10, 2022, Court of Appeals opinion […]
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