Last year, President Trump approved the State of South Carolina’s issuing a waiver to a faith-based adoption agency. Essentially, the Miracle Hill Ministries didn’t want to place foster children with members of the LGBTQ+Q community.
A woman from Simpsonville, South Carolina is challenging a local policy that allows child placement agencies to deny applications based on religion. Aimee Maddonna claims that her application to volunteer and become a foster parent
Divorce or separation of two parents always comes with a host of challenges. But this is especially true where the child has special needs. Working through these matters can be emotionally taxing and frustrating, when
South Carolina has historically had one of the most criticized foster care systems in the country. There are thousands of children waiting to be adopted. Many others are not being properly cared for in their
State and local governments have ordered people to stay home to combat the coronavirus pandemic. But those lockdown orders have a dark downside. Victims’ advocates fear that they could lead to an increase in domestic
James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”, died almost 14 years ago. Yet it wasn’t until this past month that the courts finally decided his estate lawsuit. Apparently, when he died, his will stated that he
If someone’s running for public office, the last thing they want to happen is reports of domestic abuse on their record. Nor do you want the public to know that you were violent toward the
The Coronavirus has caused just about every sort of business to shut down or the past couple of months. This includes the family courts in South Carolina. People who had divorces pending or who were
Up until 1975, there were no laws against a person raping their spouse. For the most part, rapes are committed by men. And, under the common law, wives were the property of their husband and
Thousands of people in this country had planned on getting married this spring. They had their venues picked out and hired their caterers. Save the Dates went out and people had responded whether they wanted
A South Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with child neglect after she allegedly recorded and posted a video of herself driving a car with her five-year-old child on the hood. Twenty-six-year-old Thrista Miquisha
May is being observed as National Foster Care Awareness Month and the South Carolina Department of Social Services is using the opportunity to draw attention to the need for more foster parents. Children need foster
