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Charleston Child Support Lawyer | Late Child Support

October 7, 2013 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Charleston Child Support Lawyer: Late Child Support

One of the most common assumptions, heard everywhere and often, is that there is a “5-day grace period” for the payment of child support or alimony. Perhaps this mis-understanding evolves from mortgage payments, where statements for your payments usually do show a “due date” and a “late after” date, with an added late charge if you miss that “late after” date. In Family Court, however, any such assumption is incorrect, and could easily land you in trouble.

If you have any sort of a Family Court Order which [Read more…]

Filed Under: Child Support, Divorce, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston child support lawyer

Charleston Custody Lawyer: Parental Misconduct

October 7, 2013 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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“We all make mistakes.” Certainly, we do, and we hear this all the time. However, it seems like every day parents fail to care properly for their children. Does every parent realize the long-term consequences?

The Family Court has the authority to remove a child or children from the parents’ home for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the parents are using or selling drugs. Perhaps their home is filthy beyond a reasonable measure. Perhaps they don’t supervise, feed or care for their small children. Perhaps their method of discipline is too severe. There are any number of circumst [Read more…]

Filed Under: Custody, Termination of Parental Rights, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: adoption, charleston custody lawyer, family court, foster care, parental rights, south carolina, termination

Charleston Divorce Lawyers: The Standard Visitation Generation

June 2, 2013 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

Charleston Divorce Lawyers | Standard Visitation

Our Charleston divorce lawyers have seen at least one generation of children grow up with the “standard visitation” regimen of living with Mom and spending “every other weekend” with Dad. Children did not like it, still don’t like it, and have suffered under this routine. What do children say when asked about this routine, which includes sharing holidays, travelling distances, splitting summers, and all the rest? Many of them are young adults now and they are not shy about their opinions:

1) They hate travelling on holidays. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Custody, Divorce, Separation, Uncategorized, Visitation Tagged With: attorney, charleston, charleston divorce lawyers, children, court, disparagement, divorce, family, holidays, lawyers, sc, schedule, standard, travel, visitation

Charleston Divorce Attorney: The Fifth Amendment and Family Court

June 2, 2013 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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You have probably kept up with the current news that the IRS Commissioner has invoked her rights under the Fifth Amendment in declining to testify before Congress (see full story here). What does the Fifth Amendment mean for you in your custody case, your alimony case, or your division of property case, in the Family Court? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Divorce, Separation, Uncategorized Tagged With: adverse, amendment, attorneys, charleston, charleston divorce attorney, court, divorce, family, fifth, inference

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