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Divorce Lawyers Charleston SC | What Happens at a Temporary Hearing?

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A Motion for Temporary Relief, commonly called a “Temporary Hearing,” is the first hearing in most cases filed in Family Court. The hearing itself is scheduled in response to a written motion filed by either side. The various clerk’s offices will schedule the date and time of the hearing. They are under a directive that this first hearing must be held within 30 days of filing the request; most often the hearing will come much sooner than the 30 day-deadline.

Why is a Temporary Hearing needed?

Judges take this opportunity to solve immediate, pressing problems, such as those that sim [Read more…]

Charleston Family Court Attorney | Adoption Case Study

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Adoptions continue to make news in South Carolina.

While you may not have heard of this particular case (being Jennifer Brown v. Baby Girl Harper, a minor under the age of seven, and Holly Lawrence, Appellate Case No. 2014-001746), Baby Girl Harper has recently past her first birthday. A few months ago, the South Carolina Supreme Court took on the enormous and sad responsibility of removing Baby Girl Harper from the home of her Adoptive Mother, Ms. Lawrence, and d [Read more…]

Charleston Family Court Attorney | What Happens at the Final Hearing?

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Ed. note: This article presupposes a “final hearing” to be one in which the parties are placing an agreement on the record with the Family Court, and are proceeding with a divorce based on one year’s separation. A “final hearing” may also refer to a contested trial, which would be an entirely different article, or more likely, series of articles.

Having braved all of the hazards of divorce, having made the difficult decisions needed to settle your differences with your spouse in a compromised agreement, and having waited out the year-long separation period r [Read more…]

Charleston Family Court Attorney | The Perils of Self-Representation

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As a Charleston Family Court attorney, I’ve encountered many potential clients who are either attempting to represent themselves in Family Court or have already finished represented themselves in a Family Court case. Each of these types encounter problems with the self-representation process that either require the immediate attention of an experienced lawyer or may have been screwed up past the point where even the best Charleston divorce lawyer can help.

As a matter of full disclosure, the South Carolina [Read more…]

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