Family Law Attorneys in Charleston, South Carolina

Recently, the South Carolina Court of Appeals decided that a wife was entitled to a divorce on the grounds of physical cruelty based on a single assault by her husband when he shoved her into a wall, verbally abused her, and then broke her telephone when she tried to call for help which left the wife fearful for her safety. The Court also noted that the wife had testified to other threatening events that ended in the assault all of which indicated that the husband had intent to seriously harm his wife.