My expectations for the guardian ad litem

Posted Thursday, December 17th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Guardians Ad Litem, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

Recently I fussed at a guardian of whom I am quite fond.  It’s never comfortable to fuss at folks one likes but I come from

What’s a father?

Posted Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, Visitation

A lecture/article topic idea I have often considered but never been able to completely get a fixed idea on is the notion of “What’s a

Should a guardian ad litem have to “bless” every child custody agreement?

Posted Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Guardians Ad Litem, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific

When parents seek approval of any agreement that resolves a dispute over a child’s custody, the family court judge looks to the guardian ad litem

216 months redux

Posted Wednesday, October 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

A few months ago I blogged on the concept that a child’s minority only lasts for 216 months and that the number of months of

Family law’s massive sociological experiment(s)

Posted Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Last night, while driving to the birthday party of my friends’ son, I was speaking on the phone to one of my oldest and dearest

Finding my religion

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

For Better or Worse?

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

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

Tiger Woods’ dad

Posted Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Obviously events have overtaken the content of this blog.  I sometimes feel like this blog jinxed Tiger.  The greater point that involving our children in

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

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