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Charleston Custody Lawyer | Adultery and Paternity

September 17, 2019 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

Unfortunately, not everyone is faithful to his or her spouse. A husband could cheat on his wife, or vice versa. Sometimes, when the wife is the one who has an adulterous affair, the wife can become pregnant with the other man’s child. It can present a difficult situation for a Charleston custody lawyer, but an experienced attorney can help walk a client through this potential minefield.

In South Carolina, when the child is conceived during a lawful marriage, the child is [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Best Interest of the Child, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Guardian ad litem, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: adultery, charleston custody lawyer, guardian ad litem, paternity

Charleston Custody Lawyer | Morality, Parental Fitness, and Custody

August 14, 2019 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

In any custody determination, the Court looks at several factors to decide which parent should be awarded custody of the child. These factors can include:
1) whether one parent is unfit to serve as a custodian;
2) if one parent has served as the child’s primary caregiver;
3) if one parent has engaged in some sort of misconduct that would render him or her less suited to serve as a custodian;
4) if one parent is more suited to serve as custodian as a result of personal attributes or accomplishments, greate [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Best Interest of the Child, Custody, Divorce, Marital Fault, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: best interests of the child, charleston divorce lawyer, custody, parental fitness

Charleston Lawyers | Conflict and Mediation, the Sanford Case Study

September 30, 2014 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Mark Sanford’s Continuing Soap Opera, and How Mediation Can Help:

Mark Sanford has deluged all of us with the details of his personal life, and with his perception of those details. Most recently, Mr. Sanford took to Facebook and the newspapers to “update his constituents” on his personal life, and to announce he would finally retain the service [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Agreements, Contempt of Court, Current Events, Marital Fault, Mediation, Self-Representation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston lawyers, contempt, jenny sanford, mark sanford, mediation, rule to show cause

Charleston Family Lawyer | Top Questions Our Clients Ask

July 28, 2014 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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As a Charleston family lawyer, I often get asked many of the same questions by my clients, especially early on in my representation. Here are some of those questions, with the answers, that may help you start to sort through your family law matter in its early stages:

1. “When can I date?”

Perhaps not surprisingly, this is the most commonly asked question, week after week, year after year. Simply put, having a physical relationship [Read more…]

Filed Under: Abandonment, Adultery, Alimony, Divorce, Equitable Division, Fees, Marital Fault, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: abandonment, adultery, Charleston family lawyer, proof of adultery

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 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

Proving Adultery | Charleston Divorce Lawyers

November 6, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog that adultery is a pretty steady driver of clientele into our offices. It’s unfortunate that infidelity seems to be such a pervasive character flaw in the human species, but as they say, it is what it is. Divorce lawyers simply cannot provide the victims of adultery with the emotional support they so often desperately need; it is nature of a divorce lawyer to review the circumstances of an adultery case dispassionately and with a sympathet [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adultery, Alimony, Divorce, Marital Fault, Separation Tagged With: adultery, alimony, charleston divorce, marital fault, proof of adultery

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