Goose Creek attorney Ross Miller has been selected to the 2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Each year no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers […]
Miller|Conway, Goose Creek divorce lawyers, understands parties are often exhausted following divorce, child custody and marital property litigation. This exhaustion often results in complacency when deciding whether to pursue an action against ex-spouse for failure to comply with a Court Oder. A Court Order is binding on all parties and non-compliance typically takes the form […]
After declining in 2008, 2009 and 2010, the divorce rate in the United States is starting to increase. The recent escalation in the country’s divorce rate may be an indication of economic recovery. Miller|Conway understands the United States’ economic recovery may lead to an uptic in divorce rates. Miller|Conway also understands that divorce can lead to personal financial disaster. Should the need arise, […]
Cyber-bullying among teens has increased dramatically in recent years, sometimes with tragic results. School districts across the nation are grappling with difficult decisions regarding their ability to regulate or discipline cyber expression by students. While there are well-established guidelines for regulating student speech, the courts are struggling to apply pre-Internet legal standards to student speech […]
Termination of Parental Rights in the Best Interest of the Child In the recent decision in SCDSS v. M.R.C.L, the South Carolina Supreme Court examined the standard regarding the best interest of the child in situations involving termination of parental rights (TPR). SCDSS v. M.R.C.L, Opinion No. 27007 (2011). The court considered the biological mother’s […]
On June 20, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause does not automatically require the State to provide counsel to an indigent defendant-parent who is subject to a child support order at a civil contempt proceeding, even if that individual faces incarceration. In particular, the Court […]
Electronic communication via Skype, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, e-mail, texting, BBMing and whiteboard, amongst others, provides divorced/separated parents and their children a way to creatively structure parenting time when face-to-face visitation is not possible. Such methods allow for flexibility in accounting for busy schedules and long-distance relationships. For instance, Skype allows a long-distance parent to see and interact with his/her child in real […]
Miller|Conway is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 2-7PM. The American Red Cross is experiencing a shortage of all blood types and South Carolina’s inventory of type O- has fallen to 50 units, which is less than a day’s supply. Please stop by the office and onto the bloodmobile at 124 S. […]
The firm will be preparing a bechamel deep-dish lasagne and white bean soup with andouille and kale for the 2011 Taste of Goose Creek. Come support local charities, bask in the sun and enjoy a wide variety of homemade dishes at this year’s Taste of Goose Creek.
Highly contested divorce and custody disputes between parents can lead to children being negatively affected in a variety of ways. One of the most serious situations that can develop from a long and bitter dispute between two parents is child kidnapping. Often times when one parent has had enough they will just take their children and […]