The risks of rushing into a final order on custody or visitation
Posted Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 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
Most people, at least those who are thoughtful and mature, try to avoid protracted and contentious litigation. This is especially true for custody and visitation
Posted Friday, October 9th, 2015 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
Sadly, there are way too many custody in which both parents have “issues” that would lead their fitness to be questioned if the other parent
A child custody reversal that should have been published (and remanded rather than reversed)
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Child custody determinations are among the hardest family court matters to get reversed on appeal. Because custody decisions are based upon the weight the trial
Hightailing it with the kid(s)
Posted Saturday, July 4th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
When I first began practicing family law in the early 1990's it was a lot easier for mothers (it was typically mothers) to get away
Updated checklist of questions whose answers can derail a custody or visitation case
Posted Monday, April 27th, 2015 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
Last August I posted a word document containing a checklist of questions that can derail a custody or visitation case. Being informed recently by a colleague
Why do mothers (more typically) get custody?
Posted Friday, April 10th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A college student, interested in a career in family law, interviewed me earlier this week for a school project. Mostly he asked questions related to
Court of Appeals affirms custody, property division and fees
Posted Thursday, April 9th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Can anyone explain the Court of Appeals’ thought process in what family law decisions it will publish? On April 8, 2015, mere weeks after deigning
The dangers of dating before divorce (or before a final order of separate maintenance)
Posted Thursday, February 12th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Law and Culture, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
People coming out of an unhappy marriage are often eager to begin dating. Yet there are risks in dating before one is divorced. My preference
Litigating child custody does not, by itself, create personal jurisdiction for child support
Posted Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisdiction, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Due to an increasingly mobile society, child custody litigation often moves to different states over a child’s minority. When both parents and the child no
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
