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What is Collaborative Divorce?
June 28th, 2024
If you need to end your marriage, but you dread the fighting and conflict that often go along with a litigated divorce, you have options. One of them is Collaborative divorce. Collaborative divorce is a comparatively new divorce process imagined by S…
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Who Gets the House in a South Carolina Divorce?
June 19th, 2024
Divorce presents lots of challenges, one of which is the division of property—including the marital home. One of the things divorce clients often want to know is “Who gets the house in a divorce?” There’s no quick answer, because every family…
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Desertion and Divorce in South Carolina
March 20th, 2024
In South Carolina, you can file for a no-fault divorce, or you can file for divorce based on fault grounds, alleging that some action by your spouse led to the breakdown of your marriage. One of those fault grounds is desertion—but there are miscon…
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Tracking Technology and Divorce Litigation
March 14th, 2024
Developments in technology over the last few decades have made it possible to do things previous generations never imagined. Want to know why your teenager is late coming home, and whether you should worry? Check their location on your phone. Wonder…
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Divorce Mistakes to Avoid
March 12th, 2024
For many people, the divorce process feels like a dangerous minefield they must cross on their way to a new life after the end of their marriage. Divorce involves making a lot of decisions—some relatively minor, others that can change the course of…
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Benefits of a Divorce Coach
January 15th, 2024
If you have been reading about divorce, or perhaps if you know someone who has recently ended their marriage, you may have heard about divorce coaching. For most people, the concept of a divorce coach is unfamiliar—and maybe a little intriguing. Wh…
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Dating While Separated: How Dating Apps Can Affect Your Divorce
Many of the questions we get in our family law office are about dating while separated. People are often surprised to learn that there are some fairly significant risks involved in dating while separated in South Carolina. South Carolina residents ha…
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How Does the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act Affect a Divorce?
November 27th, 2023
As a general rule, the divorce process is governed by the law of the state where at least one of the divorcing spouses lives. However, federal law can still have an impact on the divorce, especially when one or both spouses are in the military. If yo…
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How Divorce Can Impact Your Children
October 5th, 2023
For any parent going through a divorce, the impact of divorce on children is a primary concern. We have all heard horror stories of children put in the middle of their parents’ nasty divorce, and many divorcing parents have, themselves, been childr…
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Can a Parent’s Physical Health Impact Their Right to Custody?
August 30th, 2023
In South Carolina, as in other states, child custody is determined according to what is in the best interest of the child. Each state has a similar list of “best interest” factors that it analyzes to see which parent, if either, is favored. One o…
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Since founding Brinkley Law Firm in 2011, attorney Stephanie Brinkley has helped families grow and expand by navigating them through the legal challenges surrounding Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) and Adoption. As an attorney who focuses on f… Read More
Originally from the small city of Corning, New York, Kaitlin “Kate” Burke graduated cum laude from Keuka College in 2017, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science and History. She later moved south and is a 2020 graduate of the Charleston Sch… Read More
