Divorce begets marital property. Once the decision to seek a divorce is made, many other considerations follow. A major process within the divorce scenario is the division of the marital assets. Before the property can be divided, the parties must determine what their marital property is. And,...
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight – Henry R. Luce When you own a business, it is important to keep in mind the implications that transmutation of that property interest may have...
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The General Assembly, through Act 195 of 1989, provides that the child support guidelines must be applied by the courts in determining the amount of child support that is expected to...
[T]he interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized by this Court – The United States Supreme Court For good reason, the Highest Court of the United States recognizes that parents have a...
The role of the personal representative is to step into the shoes of the deceased – Judge Frank Simon For those of you who have a will, the term personal representative is a familiar one. For those of you who do not have a will, in contemplating one, become...
TPR, Termination of Parental Rights As they should, South Carolina’s Family Courts approach the issue of terminating a parent’s rights with great attention to detail and with great effort to keep the family unit intact. Family Courts address TPR differently depending on whether TPR is voluntary or...