Articles on South Carolina Law

Summerville-based law firm owner Susan E. Williams, owner of Law Office of Susan E. Williams, was elected as the 2019-2020 president of the Dorchester County, SC Bar Association by the lawyer members present at the December 11, 2019 meeting. 

A child’s behavior can be indicative of who they will become as an adult, so it's only natural to worry about your child's development. Are they social enough? Are they paying attention in class? How do they interact with their peers? It's difficult to tell how a person's childhood and adolescence will affect their future.

Let’s say you or someone you know is between the ages of 17 and 25 and up until now have gone their whole life with no criminal record. But they did something incredibly stupid, or just made a bad judgement call that resulted in an arrest.

As a parent or guardian of a juvenile, you are probably overcome with worry and anxiety when your child is detained at a juvenile detention center. You may be wondering…

Is my child learning bad behaviors from the other juveniles there?

Many people regret the times in their lives when they were “young and stupid” or “at the wrong place at the wrong time.” Not all who are convicted of a crime end up spending the rest of their lives revolving in and out of jail. For many, a conviction–and perhaps just the arrest–is a wake-up call setting them back on...