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…]
Charleston Divorce Lawyers | Holiday Survival Guide
It’s that time of year again. The holidays, of course, where children move back and forth between their separated or divorced parents, where money is short, where demands on time, temper and money become tight, and where small impressions made may live forever.
Suggestions to survive the holidays:
1) Follow the rules.
If you and your former spouse, or your separated spouse, have rules in place to govern the holidays, follow those rules. If you wanted to make changes, or ask for changes, or negotiate changes, this is not the time; that should have been done earlier, say in the summ [Read more…]
Divorce Lawyer in Charleston SC | Holidays with the Kids
As a long-time divorce lawyer in Charleston SC, I have seen an entire generation of children processed (literally) through the court system as part of their parents’ divorce. Along the way, these children, many now adults with children of their own, have been analyzed, scrutinized, poked, prodded, debated, and carefully considered. Decisions and rulings beyond number have been made for them, and in their best interests, all as determined by the system. What we discover at this point, however, is that these children feel that they have not been heard, and they definitely have [Read more…]
Charleston Divorce Attorneys | The Ins and Outs of Prenuptial Agreements
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…]
James Island Divorce Lawyers | Loving Your Kids After Divorce
It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Here is some holiday advice from our James Island divorce lawyers on giving your children special gifts when they are experiencing the divorce or separation of their parents.
Every holiday brings strain to children whose parents are divorced, going through a divorce, or just separated – no matter how long it has been since their parents have been together.
Father and/or Mother may now have a new spouse (stepfather or stepmother), a significant other, or just a new boyfriend or girlfriend. There may or may not be loving grandparents in the pictu [Read more…]
Charleston Divorce: Child Visitation with Skype and Facetime
NPR recently did an interesting piece about infants and toddlers and the increasing screen time they receive in our tech-driven world. Suffice to say, doctors, parenting specialists, and others in the know all universally agree: passive screen time (movies, shows, games, etc.) for children two years and younger has a negative impact [Read more…]