The custody witness few ever think to call
Posted Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There are lots of obvious witnesses in a custody case: the child’s teachers; the child’s coaches; the child’s mental health professionals; the parents of the
Defending false allegations of untimely support payments
Posted Friday, December 2nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Counseling clients to pay support by having their bank mail the support check can be a useful prophylactic for defending false claims of late payments.
Posted Saturday, November 19th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Did an uncontested fault divorce yesterday in which the pro se defendant failed to appear. To prove the defendant’s habitual intoxication required testimony and evidence
Thinking about Pareto optimization as a tool to achieve settlement
Posted Friday, November 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Few math majors go into law and those who do rarely go into family law. I’m one of the rare family law attorneys who often
Rethinking my opposition to family court arbitration
Posted Saturday, October 1st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
For a few years my friend and colleague, Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services, LLC, has been encouraging me to rethink my opposition to
Maximizing the benefit of clearing your client’s name
Posted Friday, August 26th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I sometime envision opposing counsel in highly contentious domestic litigation as a bullying gunslinger, shooting bullets at my client’s feet and demanding that my client
Posted Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Only inexperienced or unthinking family law attorneys take aggressive action against an opposing party without expecting blowback against their client. It’s animal nature to strike
What part of don’t don’t you understand
Posted Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Friend and colleague Mary Jane (M.J.) Goodwin suggested I blog on the propriety of citing unpublished appellate opinions as legal authority in other cases. Are
Should parents ever agree to court-ordered college support in South Carolina?
Posted Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Even before Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010), overruled Risinger v. Risinger, 273 S.C. 36, 253 S.E.2d 652 (1979), and held
Posted Sunday, August 21st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
As a Jew I don’t believe in Christ’s divinity; however, I certainly believe in his wisdom. Perhaps the wisest of Christ’s counsel: Turn the Other
