Category : Family Law

What You Need to Know About Intervention Hearings in a DSS Case

Often a Department of Social Services (DSS) investigation does not begin with a child being taken into emergency custody. In fact, an investigation may be opened for many different kinds of reasons....

Category : Family Law

Emergency Protective Custody: The role it plays in some DSS cases

Quite often a Department of Social Services (DSS) case starts when a child is taken into emergency protective custody. Emergency Protective Custody (EPC) usually occurs when a law enforcement officer...

Category : Family Law

Probable Cause Hearing in Department of Social Services Cases

If your child has been taken into Emergency Protective Custody (EPC), you are entitled to a probable cause hearing within 72 hours. At this probable cause hearing you may challenge...

Category : Family Law

How a Guardian Ad Litem Represents the Best Interest of Your Children

A guardian ad litem is appointed as a representative for children when their parents are engaged in a custody or visitation dispute in the family court. The family court will order that...

Category : Family Law

Does the Law Favor Children Bearing Their Father’s Name? A Look at South Carolina’s Law on Attempting to Change a Child’s Name.

When I meet with a new client on a custody case, it’s not uncommon that a question is raised about the children’s last name. It happens much more frequently when...

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