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Divorce Attorney Charleston SC | Divorce and the New Tax Law, Part 1

January 19, 2018 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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The new tax plans have been a source of real uncertainty for any divorce attorney Charleston SC for several months now. As we have seen this finalized, it now has many people asking how it will affect their current or future settlement agreements.

The biggest question that clients who are actively involved in or preparing for divorce litigation ask is … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Agreements, Alimony, Current Events, Divorce, Negotiation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: alimony, divorce attorney charleston sc, family court, tax

Charleston SC Divorce Attorney | Understanding Alimony

March 10, 2015 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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As a Charleston SC divorce attorney, I seem to have fielded more questions about alimony in the first part of this year than I would have usually expected. While we have a good deal of information on the topic on other pages of this site (alimony overview, alimony FAQ, [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Current Events, Divorce, Negotiation, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: alimony, charleston sc divorce attorney

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

Charleston Divorce Attorneys | The Ins and Outs of Prenuptial Agreements

June 2, 2014 By J. Michael DeTreville 2 Comments

Prenuptial agreements are an under-utilized tool for reducing the conflict and cost associated with divorce. The reasons that prenups are so rare are easy to discern: they take the “romance” out of divorce, they can be expensive and time-consuming to obtain, they are “only for the rich,” etc. Without dwelling on those issues (all of which can be debunked by experienced Charleston divorce attorneys), let’s examine the things one can do, cannot do, and must do with a prenuptial agreement.

What Can I Do With a Prenuptial Agreement in South Carolina?

1. Define w [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Equitable Division, Marital Property, Pre-Nuptial Agreements, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: best interests of the child, child custody, divorce, equitable division, financial disclosure, prenuptial agreements

Divorce Lawyer in Charleston | Picking Your Battles Wisely

February 12, 2014 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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“If you treat every situation as a life or death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”

As a divorce lawyer in Charleston, one of my primary responsibilities toward my clients is to help them decide what battles to fight and what issues to let go. Every case is different, so every client’s priorities will be different, but there are some guiding principles that can apply to everybody equally.

Your children are worth fighting for.

As long as you have your children’s best interests at heart, there are few child-related issues that are not worth battling over. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Best Interest of the Child, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Mediation, Negotiation, testing, Uncategorized, Visitation Tagged With: charleston divorce, compromise, divorce lawyer in charleston, mediation, negotiation

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

Charleston Divorce Lawyers: Reduction of Alimony in South Carolina

October 30, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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The payment of alimony, particularly permanent alimony, is almost always an unpleasant task for the supporting spouse, so it is no surprise that the reduction of alimony is a hot-button topic.This article examines those circumstances under which a supporting spouse is entitled either to termination of alimony payments or a reduction of alimony payments.

Some alimony can never be terminated or reduced.

If your Divorce Decree requires the payment of “non-modifiable” alimony, usually payable over a specified period of time, the Family Court will not per [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Divorce, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston, charleston divorce attorney, divorce, lawyer, reduction of alimony, retirement, substantial change in circumstances

Cost of Divorce: An Initial Analysis

October 28, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville

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Not surprisingly, we field questions about the cost of divorce in our office every day.  Frequently, these queries come in the form of cold calls — an unidentified caller, without providing the most basic of information about himself or herself, expects our office support staff to provide an exact price for a divorce, as if he or she were shopping for some tangible commodity, like toothpaste.  Perhaps even less surprisingly, none of these “price-shoppers” have ever become a client of the firm.

The process of providing a potential client with detailed information as to the [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Mediation, Separation, testing, Uncategorized, Visitation Tagged With: alimony, charleston child support lawyer, charleston custody lawyer, charleston divorce, cost of divorce, mediation, visitation

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