Court of Appeals finds standing for paternal grandparents to obtain custody when mother is unfit
Posted Friday, June 8th, 2018 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
Given a culture that expects parents to be responsible for raising their children, the law has developed that fit parents should (with the limited exceptions
Court of Appeals applies Moore factors and returns child to mother
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 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
The May 23, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Urban v. Kerscher, 423 S.C. 615, 817 S.E.2d 130 (Ct. App. 2018), reverses a Family Court’s continuation of
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The May 2, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion of Clark v. Clark, 423 S.C. 596, 815 S.E.2d 772 (Ct. App. 2018), is one of the rare
Three methods of reducing the impact of an unfavorable guardian ad litem report
Posted Friday, April 20th, 2018 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
The typical response of an unhappy litigant to an unfavorable guardian ad litem report is to accuse the guardian of bias. While in rare instances
Posted Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I know family court judges who don’t have passports and am frankly shocked–until you experience foreign cultures it’s hard to truly understand that radically different
Possibly correct but poorly reasoned custody and relocation decision from the Court of Appeals
Posted Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 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
The January 24, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Burgess v. Arnold, 422 S.C. 122, 810 S.E.2d 255 (Ct. App. 2018), is possibly correct but, in at
How fathers who gain custody can keep custody
Posted Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
For reasons having nothing to do with sexism, more mothers than fathers have custody of their children. Often when fathers get custody they have never
Building better restraining orders
Posted Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
A few weeks ago I blogged about what I considered ill-conceived child custody restraining orders. These restraints criminalized behavior that, while not ideal, are hardly
South Carolina child custody restraining orders I really hate
Posted Saturday, August 26th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
By the same process that causes attorneys’ boilerplate to grow over time–they borrow “good” ideas from other attorneys but never weed out redundant or obsolete
Best methods for equalizing physical custody
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 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
There are some custody cases that will only settle if both parties get equal time with the child(ren). Thus a sizable subset of custody cases
