South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jul 2, 2026

Adultery justified unequal division of marital estate

The South Carolina Court of Appeals held that a husband was entitled to a larger share of the marital estate and an award of attorneys’ fees after obtaining a […]

Mar 24, 2021

A surge of silver splitters are calling lawyers, calling it quits

The trouble between the 82-year-old husband and his 78-year-old wife had been brewing for a long time, but it finally hit its boiling point over a cup of coffee. […]

Jun 13, 2019

Living apart, but still parenting together

When parents decide to divorce, the ensuing child custody negotiations tend to be contentious, and it’s easy for emotions to become heated. But many family law attorneys report that, […]

Mar 20, 2019

Dealing with timeshares in a divorce

Attorneys working in matrimonial law have to deal with the equitable distribution of various properties, both real and personal. Sometimes working out the distribution is not too involved, but […]

Nov 7, 2018

For Baby Boomers, divorce is booming, too

This is the third in a series of articles looking at how the aging of America’s population is affecting the practice of law. Divorce rates in the United States have […]

Sep 21, 2018

Domestic Relations – Divorce – Marital Property – Constructive Trust

During the parties’ marriage, husband formed two businesses. Wife testified that she devoted time and money into the businesses as an investment for the family and regarded the businesses as […]

Jan 24, 2018

A race to divorce? New federal tax law creates complications for some couples

The massive new tax law passed by Congress contains a potentially nasty surprise for divorcing couples that could set off a race to get separation agreements finalized by the end […]

Nov 29, 2017

Outside the family: Attorneys see more openings for collaborative law

Divorces can be bruising—not least of all for the attorneys involved. Frustration with the scorched-earth mentalities that often engulf them helped spur the development of collaborative law, a process […]

Mar 15, 2017

Something to blog about

A hat tip is in order for Charleston family law attorney and lean mean blogging machine Gregory Forman, whose insightful musings have landed his website on a list of the […]

Nov 7, 2016

Domestic Relations – Divorce & Equitable Distribution – Equal Division – House Flippers

Miteva v. Robinson (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-095-16, 14 pp.) (H. Bruce Williams, J.) Appealed from York County Family Court (Robert Guess, J.) S.C. App. Holding: The plaintiff-wife claimed that she […]

Oct 12, 2016

For the love or money

They say you can’t put a price tag on love. But for former Illinois prison inmate Juan Rivera, that price tag may very well be a portion of his $20 […]

Aug 3, 2016

Why you all up in my divorce, bro?

South Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Stephanie McDonald delivered a 25-page smackdown to a lower court judge who apparently let a Charleston real estate agent get way too involved in the divorce of his brother and sister-in-law, both of whom are lawyers.