The Benefits of Co-Mediation in Family Court
Posted Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Karen Klickstein-Forman and I spoke today for the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston on The Benefits of Co-Mediation in Family Court. Karen drafted the
Remedies for the evasive deposition witness
Posted Thursday, September 18th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Few areas of litigation practice are more frustrating than deposing an evasive, hostile or obnoxious witness. In the courtroom setting, a witness who acts these
Checklist of questions whose answers can derail a custody or visitation case
Posted Friday, August 29th, 2014 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, Visitation
I tried a custody case last month in which I learned a few weeks prior to trial that my client was using marijuana approximately once
Can judges stop attorneys from communicating their rulings to litigants?
Posted Thursday, August 28th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
I occasionally see or hear of family court judges issuing instructions for orders but asking attorneys not to reveal their ruling to their clients until
Courtesy copying clients on emails
Posted Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
Fellow attorneys often ask me why I courtesy copy my clients on almost all emails. Evidently it is not a uniform practice. However there are
How should the family court handle misbehaving stepparents in custody litigation?
Posted Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I have a fundamental jurisprudential difference with most of my family law colleagues and many of the state family court judges regarding how one should
When should the family court award grandparent visitation?
Posted Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Visitation
There’s some dispute surrounding last week’s blog regarding the wholesale revision of South Carolina’s grandparent visitation statute. Some commenters contend that grandparents should never be awarded autonomous
Should one explain one’s request to admit responses?
Posted Friday, April 4th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I had a lively debate a few weeks ago with colleagues I respect over whether one should explain request to admit responses that look bad
Posted Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
I received an email from a recent client this weekend which concluded: On a better note I just took [my son] to disney world and
Should there be a uniform waiting period for a no-fault divorce?
Posted Saturday, March 8th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I rarely blog on proposed family law legislation. Often legislation fizzles to nothing: in my twenty years of practice bills to abolish common law marriage
