by Sam Briggs | Feb 25, 2020 | Divorce
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth had been legally married for less than a year before Hemsworth requested a no-fault divorce. A Tennessee judge recently granted that request. Those close to the couple opine that busy schedules and extended time apart essentially doomed...
by Sam Briggs | Jan 28, 2020 | Divorce
There is an ongoing dispute as to whether spousal support is a means to an end or if it should permanently equalize the standard of living between the former spouses. South Carolina law basically strikes a balance between these two theories. Both short-term and...
by Sam Briggs | Jan 7, 2020 | Divorce
In December 2018, several lawmakers, including Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell (D-Heath Springs) introduced legislation making it easier to dissolve a marriage. A year later, the bill appears dead. The proposal would add illegal substance use and willful mistreatment, which...
by Sam Briggs | Nov 18, 2019 | Divorce
When you get in a car accident, you worry that the accident will lead to your car insurance premiums increasing, especially if the accident was your fault. The car insurance companies use objective measures to determine who was at fault for the accident. In most...
by Sam Briggs | Nov 11, 2019 | Divorce
Some divorces require years of litigation — taking so long that the children who were minors when the couple filed for divorce have since grown up. Others are relatively painless; in a lower budget version of celebrity “conscious uncoupling,” a couple who no...
by Sam Briggs | Oct 16, 2019 | Divorce
Dealing with a child custody case comes with many hurdles. A divorce or separation alone is enough to overwhelm you, but when there’s a child or children involved, things get a bit more complicated. As a parent, you want to ensure that you do everything possible...
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