How does the coronavirus pandemic affect family court orders? Do you have to allow child visitation to your former spouse during the COVID-19 outbreak or can you deny visitation based on the safety measures that have been ordered by the governor? What about child support payments? If you have lost your job or are suffering [..]
In a disciplinary opinion last November, the S.C. Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a family court lawyer for issuing subpoenas without notice to the other side. In civil cases, including the family court, Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure require that a party provide notice to the other side when a subpoena is issued, [..]
This month the S.C. Supreme Court affirmed the requirement of lifetime sex-offender registration and lifetime electronic monitoring of juveniles who are convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. It’s a horrible case: a 15-year-old boy was accused of forcing oral sex and attempting anal sex with a 5-year-old child. As a consequence, he [..]
