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
The pitfalls of cursory standard interrogatory responses
Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 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, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
The Court of Appeals’ decision to affirm the family court’s award of custody to the father in its July 28, 2009 opinion in Divine v.
Transmutation in an economic downturn
Posted Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Law and Culture, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided. They would either sell their home and divide
Yet another reason for supporting spouses to offer lump sum alimony
Posted Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Permanent periodic alimony is one debt that may never end until the payor dies. Today’s Court of Appeal’s decision in Fiddie v. Fiddie, 384 S.C. 120, 681
A legal education can be expensive
Posted Saturday, June 13th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I love contempt. See Enforcement (or Defending Enforcement) of Family Court Orders. Folks tend to forget (if they ever realized) that court orders aren’t simply
