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Divorce Lawyers in Charleston |Text Messages in Family Court

December 12, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville 1 Comment

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Making changes to procedural rules can sometimes create unpredicted after-affects, which can take some time to become apparent.

The South Carolina Supreme Court changed the rules regarding temporary hearings just over a year ago, the most important change being that they set a limit of eight pages of affidavits that each litigant may submit (excepting fee affidavits and Financial Declarations and the like). This limitation notably excludes from the page count “attachments or exhibits [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Best Interest of the Child, Current Events, Custody, Divorce, Technology, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: divorce lawyers in charleston, divorce lawyers in charleston sc, text messages

Charleston Divorce Attorney: Can I Change My Name When I Get Divorced?

December 10, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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I got a phone call the other day from a woman whose husband I had represented in their recent divorce. She represented herself in the divorce, so I suppose she didn’t know who else to turn to, but now two years after the divorce she wanted to know if the Decree of Divorce could be amended to allow her to change her name back to her maiden name.

I asked my staff to call her back and tell her I there was nothing I could do for her, and that she would need to contact independent counsel to go about changing her name. She wanted to know why I couldn’t help her, isn’t she entitled to change her n [Read more…]

Filed Under: Divorce, Name Change, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston county family court, charleston divorce, charleston divorce attorney, divorce, divorce lawyers in charleston sc, name change

Charleston Divorce: Can I Withhold Visitation From a Parent Who Is Behind on Child Support?

December 9, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Every day we see custodial parents who are pushed to the brink by unpaid child support obligations. The child support system in South Carolina can be slow, and it certainly is imperfect, so it can seem to a parent struggling because of unpaid support that the system doesn’t work, or even worse, doesn’t care.

These feelings lead often to lead to thoughts of self-help; “if the system can’t make him pay child support maybe I can.” And what is the only “bargaining chip” a custodial parent may have in their relationship with the non-paying parent [Read more…]

Filed Under: Best Interest of the Child, Child Support, Contempt of Court, Custody, Divorce, Separation, testing, Uncategorized, Visitation Tagged With: charleston divorce, charleston divorce attorneys, charleston divorce lawyers, child support rule to chow cause, contempt of court, visitation

Charleston Family Court Lawyers: Can I Date During Divorce?

December 6, 2013 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Hands down, no contest, the most frequently asked question of Charleston Family Court lawyers at initial consultation is “when can I date”?

Sometimes, the question is posed more subtly, such as inquiring about going out socially in groups or wanting to know more about language which can be added into Separation Agreements allowing either spouse to live as if unmarried. Most often, however, the question is plainly put, and usually comes up at the very end of a consultation.

Since it is, obviously, a sensitive and important issue, let’s review it here.

If yo [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Alimony, Custody, Divorce, Marital Fault, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: adultery, charleston divorce, charleston family court lawyers, separation and divorce

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