Lying to your attorney makes your case more difficult and more expensive
Posted Thursday, May 26th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
With every contested case, I sit my client across the desk, look him or her in the eye, and give some variation on the following
Posted Friday, May 20th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Clients, and the young attorneys I mentor, often ask me to render an opinion on their cases when their cases have just started. Specifically clients
Posted Friday, March 11th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Humor?, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Where’s the time machine that a sizable portion of family law clients, and potential clients, think I have? My colleagues inform me that their clients
Don’t end a long-term marriage unless you’re ready to amputate
Posted Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to General Public
I spend a bit of time talking folks in long-term marriages out of separating from a spouse with whom they are unhappy. It’s amazing how
Posted Sunday, February 7th, 2016 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
In responding to discovery or pleadings, some of the responses, if accurate, will bolster the other party’s case. Clients, even (especially) sophisticated clients, often balk
Posted Friday, December 4th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
If a client retains me at the beginning of the litigation process it will typically take at least six months, and more likely a year
Abandoning children but fighting termination of parental rights
Posted Monday, November 30th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I recently took a phone call from a mother who’d just been served with termination of parental rights (TPR)/stepmother adoption action. A few years earlier
The risk of sending South Carolina family law clients to counseling
Posted Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Many family law clients in the initial stage of custody or divorce litigation could benefit from counseling. Whether it is developing better coping methods for
Trial: Fun for me (for you maybe not so much)
Posted Saturday, September 5th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, South Carolina Specific
When I counsel clients that they should take a settlement offer I am often met with the response, “I want to go to trial.” Many
Posted Friday, August 21st, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Folks hire attorneys to accomplish their legal goals. Too often those same folks hobble their attorneys by failing to remedy counterproductive behavior. It may be
