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Charleston SC Divorce Lawyer | Co-Parenting During a Hurricane

September 7, 2017 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Any Charleston SC divorce lawyer will tell you that there is an extraordinary amount of stress and uncertainty that comes along with co-parenting and complying with court orders during any type of natural disaster, particularly when evacuations are ordered and each parent would have time with the children during the evacuation days.

During hurricane season, parents often inquire as to what their rights are with regards to their ability to evacuate with the children. While these questions are never easy to answer, there a few things you can do to ensure your safety, your child’s safety, and y [Read more…]

Filed Under: Best Interest of the Child, Contempt of Court, Current Events, Custody, Divorce, Separation, testing, Uncategorized, Visitation Tagged With: charleston sc divorce lawyer, co-parenting, hurricane, natural disaster

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 Court Lawyers | 10 Ways to Ruin Your Family Court Case

March 27, 2014 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

Charleston Family Court Lawyers | 10 Ways to Ruin Your Family Court Case

If you really, really want to lose in Family Court (and yes, there is a very broad definition of “losing” in Family Court, but for our purposes here, it means “fail to obtain your objectives”) it is really not that hard. Do the things I have outlined here, and you can lose big time. To the contrary, help yourself by AVOIDING these items:

1) Get your kids involved in your fight.

Nothing makes professionals – including Family Court judges – [Read more…]

Filed Under: Child Support, Contempt of Court, Divorce, Ethics, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston divorce, charleston family court lawyers, child support, contempt of court, top 10 mistakes

Charleston Divorce Attorney: How Do Family Courts Enforce Their Orders?

January 16, 2014 By Patricia O. DeTreville Leave a Comment

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If you are living under a Family Court Order – whether the order covers alimony, child support, custody and visitation, property division, restraining orders, or any combination [Read more…]

Filed Under: Contempt of Court, Divorce, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston county family court, charleston divorce attorney, contempt of court

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

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