April 7th, 2025
If I have knowledge that a family law matter has been filed against an existing client, I will often file my notice of appearance before my client is served with the summons and complaint. There are at least two good reasons for doing this. First, it allows me to immediately issue discovery. Second, it ensures […]
Read MoreNovember 7th, 2024
On November 6, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in the case of Gandy v. Gandy, remedies what would appear to be an obvious mistake from the Court of Appeals’ opinion. That decision, Gandy v. Gandy, 442 S.C. 340, 898 S.E.2d 208 (Ct.App. 2024), affirmed an award of custody to Mother that allowed her […]
Read MoreFebruary 11th, 2023
The past few years I begun a practice of having my custody clients develop a few solid minutes of testimony praising the other parent. Such testimony would seem counterintuitive. After all, isn’t the goal of a custody trial to convince the court that one is the better parent? Yet I find this testimony is often […]
Read MoreAugust 30th, 2022
Charleston Legal Access did a nice little write up of me today. As noted in the write up, I believe there is a clear failure (both market and political) to provide low cost legal services to folks of limited means. I’d encourage my readers to donate to both Charleston Legal Access and Charleston Pro Bono […]
Read MoreMay 6th, 2022
Below is my lecture for the May 6, 2022, Continuing Legal Education program Why Family Court Attorneys should do Appeals: To begin I’d like to thank my fellow speakers, Ms. Melissa Butler and Judge Stephanie McDonald who took the time and effort to share their passion for appellate work. I’d also like to thank those […]
Read MoreJuly 5th, 2021
I typically don’t blog about unpublished opinions. Since they cannot be used as precedent, their holdings are unreliable guidance. Still, when the Court of Appeals issued Campbell v. Winstead, in February, 2021, I was tempted. I opened a case last week in which it became clear Campbell is the rare unpublished opinion that merits a […]
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