Like surgery on suicides

Posted Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

In representing parents who are unreasonably resistant to the other parent’s relationship with the child, I often feel like I am performing surgery on suicides,

New and revised Frequently Asked Questions on Custody

Posted Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

New Frequently asked Question posted today: When Can a Non-Parent Obtain Custody from a Parent? Expanded the Frequently Asked Question: How is Child Custody Determined?

New Frequently Asked Question on Relocation

Posted Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

It’s very basic but any attorney or parent seeking a simple explanation of South Carolina law on custodial parent relocation is directed to this new

What we got here is a failure to communicate

Posted Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

A few months ago I tried an initial custody case involving an eight-year old child on behalf of the father against a pro se mother.

Was it a mistake to prevent immediate appellate review of temporary family court orders?

Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

It is extremely difficult to get family court temporary orders modified merely upon a claim that the order issued was unfair, based upon inaccurate information,

No Fault of Their Own

Posted Thursday, February 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Interesting op-ed piece by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family therapist, in today’s New York Times criticizing the way child custody cases are handled forty years after

Grandparent child support responsibility when their minor children have children

Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific

A legal argument I have often made (never successfully) and would love to eventually appeal is whether a parent’s legal obligation to support his or

Should fathers of children born out-of-wedlock have rights and obligations towards those children?

Posted Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity

The goal of this blog is not to offend but merely to establish the following three points about the current system in which fathers of

Getting the Child Heard lecture

Posted Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Continuing Legal Education, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

My materials for a February 9, 2010 National Business Institute lecture on Advance Family Law are available here:  Getting the Child Heard

Calvin Morris: An Appreciation

Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Today [January 22, 2010] I attended the funeral of Calvin Morris.  Calvin would be on the short list of favorite clients. I first met Calvin

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