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    Categories: Real Estate, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    The RAP Does Not Apply to Commercial Nondonative Transfers in SC: Impact of the Spring Valley Interests Decision

    The Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP) is a legal doctrine that limits certain types of future property rights to prevent long-term “dead-hand control” and keep property freely transferable. South Carolina’s RAP laws were humming along for nearly four decades without any significant changes until just this last year. Those changes: South [...]

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  • Categories: Legal rate of interest, South Carolina

    What is the Legal Rate of Interest in South Carolina in 2026?

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  • Categories: Divorce, Elective Share, Marriage, South Carolina, Spousal elective share

    Divorce and Elective Share: Is My Soon-To-Be Ex Entitled to My Estate If I Die?

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  • Categories: Business law, Business Relations, Buy-Sell Agreement, Judicial dissociation, LLC, Operating Agreement, South Carolina

    How to Force an LLC Member Out – Judicial Dissociation

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  • Categories: Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    Planning 360 Years Ahead: Dynasty Estate Planning in South Carolina After RAP Change

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  • Categories: Legal rate of interest, South Carolina

    What is the Legal Rate of Interest in South Carolina in 2026?

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  • Categories: Divorce, Elective Share, Marriage, South Carolina, Spousal elective share

    Divorce and Elective Share: Is My Soon-To-Be Ex Entitled to My Estate If I Die?

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  • Categories: Business law, Business Relations, Buy-Sell Agreement, Judicial dissociation, LLC, Operating Agreement, South Carolina

    How to Force an LLC Member Out – Judicial Dissociation

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  • Categories: Arbitration, Business law, Manifest Disregard, Real Estate, South Carolina

    Can an Arbitration Award be Appealed? Vacatur, Manifest Disregard, and the Waldo Case in SC

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  • Categories: Choice of fiduciary, Directed trusts, Trust protector, Trusts

    Pros and Cons of Family Friend vs. Corporate Trustee and Why Choice of Fiduciary Matters

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