Posted Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
We live in a culture that increasingly confuses ethical obligations with legal ones. For example, I believe I am ethically obligated to help out those
Posted Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
It does not take a cynic to note a high correlation between people becoming involved in custody cases and “finding religion.” So long as judges confuse
Posted Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Any bride-to-be who expects that her intended will be satisfied with once-a-week vanilla sex is either too young or naive to get married. We men
South Carolina Supreme Court allows writ of certiorari to challenge discovery order
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Hollman v. Woolfson, 384 S.C. 571, 683 S.E.2d 495 (2009) approves an unusual use of a writ of certiorari:
Maybe they shouldn’t hear voting rights cases?
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Financial Federal v. Brown, 384 S.C. 555, 683 S.E.2d 486 (2009) contains an anomaly: Justice Beatty’s “majority” opinion received
Could a different priority on custody factors lead to reduced acrimony between estranged parents?
Posted Sunday, September 20th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
In Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973), authors Anna Freud (Sigmund Freud’s daughter), Joseph Goldstein and Albert Solnit recommend that in a typical
The problematic jurisprudence of uncitable appellate opinions in the internet era
Posted Friday, September 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Why should appellate courts be able to overrule or alter the decisions of lower courts? Why should they have the authority to make important and
Does procedural due process mandate testimony at family court temporary hearings in South Carolina?
Posted Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Our Supreme Court is confused and conflicted on testimony at family court temporary hearings. Rule 21(b), SCRFC (a rule promulgated by the Supreme Court) states, “ [e]vidence
Posted Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina is not a community property state (in community property states all marital property is divided equally). However, in practice, with long-term marriages the
A new day in child support agreements
Posted Monday, August 24th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of Lewis v. Lewis,
