Archive for Year: 2016

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What is the Status of Gay Adoption Rights?

Now that same-sex marriage is recognized throughout the country, even in those states where it was previously banned, what has been the effect on same-sex couples’ ability to create a family?  Are the laws addressing

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Common Law Marriage in South Carolina

Many people have a general understanding of common law marriage, but are somewhat fuzzy on the details.  In a common law marriage, a couple live together and represent themselves to others as being married, but

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South Carolina Child Support

In 1988, the federal government ordered all the states to develop and implement statewide automated child support enforcement monitoring and tracking systems.   According to a report by the Greenville News, South Carolina remains the only

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