Supreme Court authorizes use of SCRCP 60(b)(5) to right obvious injustice
Posted Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The 2006 Court of Appeals opinion in Simmons v. Simmons, 370 S.C. 109, 634 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2006) voided a provision in the parties’ 1990
Supreme Court engages in scholarly debates on standard of appellate review of family court orders
Posted Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The May 9, 2011 opinion in Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381, 709 S.E.2d 650 (2011), finds the South Carolina Supreme Court engaging in a scholarly
Court of Appeals clarifies remedies to sell marital home in face of one party’s intransigence
Posted Thursday, March 31st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Part of the family court’s goals in affecting an equitable distribution of separated spouses’ marital property is severing all entangling legal relationships and placing the
Posted Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Smallwood v. Smallwood, 392 S.C. 574, 709 S.E.2d 543 (Ct.App.,2011), reversed the family court’s finding that Husband’s pre-marital
Maybe we’re taking the deference to the family court judge’s credibility determinations too far?
Posted Friday, February 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate
Andrew Michael Myers is one husband who definitely needed a prenup
Posted Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
In the history of South Carolina husbands who wish they had a prenup, I bet there are few with more justification for this feeling than
Very happy wife; Very unhappy girlfriend
Posted Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I wonder how Pamela Buck feels about her boyfriend now that they jointly owe his ex-wife $262,000. That was the holding in the January 19,
Court of Appeals decision in Mosley addresses child support and equitable distribution issues
Posted Thursday, November 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The November 10, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Mosley v. Mosley, 390 S.C. 524, 702 S.E.2d 253 (Ct. App. 2010) reversed the family court’s determinations
In equitable distribution, not all dollars are created equal
Posted Saturday, October 9th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Should you retain me to handle your divorce and should equitable distribution of your assets and debts be an issue, at some point I will
Posted Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Materials prepared by Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services, LLC for South Carolina Bar Hot Tips From the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, October 1, 2010
