May 24th, 2022
I’ve been getting a number of recent calls from people in long-term sexual relationships seeking assistance in dividing up their property. Sometimes these folks have children in common. Sometimes they do not. Either way, whatever jointly titled property they do have is not property the family court can divide. One can somewhat understand their confusion. […]
Read MoreFebruary 14th, 2021
This cultural tendency to search for everyone’s feet of clay is well captured by the 2016 Milkshake Duck meme. The meme is a reference to a Twitter post by Ben Ward, an Australian cartoonist using the online handle “pixelatedboat: “The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! 5 seconds later We […]
Read MoreFebruary 12th, 2021
A few weeks ago I had my first court hearing on the issue of whether a non-custodial parent should be forced to take one child to extracurricular activities during his visitation periods. The parties had recently separated and my client’s visitation was alternating weekends and one afternoon each week. With two children, neither of them […]
Read MoreMay 6th, 2020
Local family law attorney Tosha Jean Kotz has an excellent article, “Dogs & Divorce,” in the most recent SC Lawyer magazine. The article briefly discusses the history of how the law has treated animals before thoroughly examining recent state statutes and case law (none of which is from South Carolina) on how to treat pets […]
Read MoreNovember 7th, 2018
When I first started practicing family law in South Carolina a quarter century ago, “Spare the Rod; Spoil the Child” was a biblically sanctioned cultural meme. Not only would family court judges approve of corporal punishment as a method of disciplining children, many believed that failing to use corporal punishment for a thoroughly misbehaving child […]
Read MoreFebruary 14th, 2018
Within popular culture, the viewpoint on marriage is that it’s something women intensely desire and something men have to be dragged into reluctantly. In this mindset, marriage enables women to raise children with a stable helpmate and source of income while men give up their “freedom” and money while being forced into a life of […]
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