Supreme Court remands for recalculation of child support
Posted Thursday, November 7th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous
On November 6, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in the case of Gandy v. Gandy, remedies what would appear to be an obvious
Posted Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The October 16, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.Caldwell, held that a juvenile cannot be ordered into confinement for an evaluation without first
Pet peeve: attorneys who value their time more than your time
Posted Friday, October 4th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A pet peeve of mine, for which I am getting increasingly peevish, is attorneys who set office procedures that value their time more than their
Posted Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
On September 25, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a revised order on “Duties of Family Court Chief Judges for Administrative Purposes.” For family
The lesbians get all the breaks
Posted Friday, September 13th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Recent I took the deposition of an alleged paramour in a divorce case I am handling. The deponent, when asked about his adultery with my
Generating avenues for trial evidence from an opposing party’s discovery
Posted Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Discovery, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
While most discovery requests are routine or boilerplate, some discovery requests can offer insight into the opposing party’s thinking. Such discovery requests provide fodder for
Court of Appeals holds results of a penile plethysmograph (PPG) test are inadmissible as unreliable
Posted Monday, September 9th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I typically don’t blog about criminal cases and In the Matter of Shawn T. Daily may still get altered by the Court of Appeals or
Drafting passport provisions for Child Custody Agreements
Posted Friday, August 23rd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
As foreign travel has gotten easier and my client base has gotten wealthier, more of my clients need their child custody agreements to address passports
Court of Appeals clarifies what domestic litigation is rendered moot by a child’s emancipation
Posted Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The August 21, 2024 Court of Appeals opinion in Bristol v. Lipnevicius clarifies what portions of domestic litigation are rendered moot by a child’s emancipation.
Posted Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Discovery, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The August 7, 2024, Supreme Court opinion in E.G. and J.J. v. SCDSS, held that adoption records, if relevant, were subject to disclosure in civil
