Posts Tagged: family law

When can I retire? Is there a golden retirement age related to alimony modification or termination? Some courts have set the age of 65 as

In an earlier blog discussion, I addressed the issue of legally changing a minor child’s name. As Part Two of the Name Change Series, this

Do you want to change your child’s last name? There are several common reasons parents may seek, on behalf of their child, for the child’s

A recent ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed and remanded the lower courts’ decisions to terminate spousal support based on the other spouse

Even if you have never been involved in a child custody dispute, you have probably heard the phrase, “What’s in the best interest of the

Unlike child support calculations, which generally follow the Department of Social Services Guidelines and the nifty Child Support Calculator attendant (see my earlier blog regarding

Mediation has become an integral part of dispute resolution in South Carolina courts. More and more often, parties must participate in a mediation process before

When a child is first born, an unwed father possesses an opportunity no other male possesses to develop a relationship with his offspring – Lehr v.

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

[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