Court of Appeals affirms award of stepmother custody and grandparent visitation
In the March 16, 2022 opinion in Jacobs v. Zarcone, the Court of Appeals affirms an award of custody to a stepmother and an award of visitation to
Tag : South Carolina Appellate Decisions
Court of Appeals reverses determination that retired Husband’s goodwill from sale of dental practice isn’t subject to equitable distribution
The March 9, 2022, Court of Appeals opinion in Bostick v. Bostick reversed the family court’s determination that goodwill from the sale of a
Court of Appeals’ Glinyanay opinion addresses numerous novel family law issues
The February 23, 2022, Court of Appeals opinion in Glinyanay v. Tobias addresses numerous novel legal issues that tend to recur in South Carolina
Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of divorce case in which husband did not meet South Carolina residency requirement
The January 12, 2022, Court of Appeals opinion in Hayduk v. Hayduk affirmed the family court’s dismissal of Husband’s divorce action, finding
Supreme Court reverses denial of grandfather adoption
The January 5, 2022, Supreme Court opinion in Swain v. Bollinger, reversed a family court and Court of Appeals’ denial of a termination of
2021 again has few published family law appeals–and even fewer greatly consequential ones
While 2021 didn’t come close to the recent record for fewest published South Carolina family law appeals (six), the nine published opinions break
Court of Appeals addresses the modifiability of non-modifiable alimony
The December 22, 2021, Court of Appeals opinion in Rish v. Rish addresses the modifiability of non-modifiable alimony. The parties in Rish divorced
Court of Appeals opinion resolves numerous minor legal issues regarding contempt
The December 1, 2021, Court of Appeals opinion in Campione v. Best resolves a number of interesting minor issues that frequently recur during
Supreme Court reverses Court of Appeals determination that same-sex common-law marriage could not exist prior to 2014
The November 10, 2021, Supreme Court opinion in Swicegood v. Thompson remedies the obvious error in the Court of Appeals decision in Swicegood v.
Court of Appeals addresses parties’ efforts in its alimony and equitable distribution determination
The August 18, 2019, Court of Appeals opinion in Jordan v. Postell addresses common issues of equitable distribution and alimony by focusing on
In apparently close decision, Supreme Court reinstated termination of parental rights/adoption
On September 22, 2021, a unanimous South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated a family court’s granting of a
Court of Appeals refuses to reduce Husband’s alimony obligation despite Wife’s greatly increased earnings
The August 18, 2021, Court of Appeals opinion in Weller v. Weller finds that court affirming the family court’s refusal to reduce Husband’s
Surprising few, Supreme Court holds that child issues cannot be arbitrated
In Fall 2019, the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued two separate opinions holding that child issues could not be arbitrated: Kosciusko v.
South Carolina’s unjust approach to unvested stock options
A few days ago a colleague called me to discuss an issue he was mediating, specifically how to apportion unvested stock options. This made me realize
Court of Appeals opinion unwittingly exposes serious flaws in South Carolina’s Family Court Rules
The July 7, 2021, Court of Appeals opinion in Taylor v. Taylor unwittingly exposes serious flaws in South Carolina’s Family Court