Posted Friday, November 27th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
Of all of my blogs the one that has generated the most comments is Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their
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
Why family law in South Carolina is so underdeveloped
Posted Friday, July 3rd, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina family law attorneys frequently complain about the random nature of family court. A large part of the reason for this “randomness” is that
Posted Thursday, April 16th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Audience:, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I am beginning to pity the South Carolina Court of Appeals. For the third time in less than two months the South Carolina Supreme Court
How do you depublish an opinion?
Posted Saturday, March 28th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Twice in the past 1 ½ months the South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered that a published South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion be depublished.
In praise of modest decision making in family court
Posted Sunday, February 1st, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
With a new family court judge for Charleston County due to be elected this week, the issue of the candidates’ attributes, and the bigger question
How should the family court handle misbehaving stepparents in custody litigation?
Posted Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I have a fundamental jurisprudential difference with most of my family law colleagues and many of the state family court judges regarding how one should
Unpublished Court of Appeals opinion undefinitively answers one of my family court questions
Posted Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The June 25, 2014 unpublished Court of Appeals opinion in Katzburg v. Katzburg undefinitively answers one of my long-standing family court questions. I was retained
When should the family court award grandparent visitation?
Posted Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Visitation
There’s some dispute surrounding last week’s blog regarding the wholesale revision of South Carolina’s grandparent visitation statute. Some commenters contend that grandparents should never be awarded autonomous
Should there be a uniform waiting period for a no-fault divorce?
Posted Saturday, March 8th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I rarely blog on proposed family law legislation. Often legislation fizzles to nothing: in my twenty years of practice bills to abolish common law marriage
