Posted Thursday, October 7th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I tell my divorce clients that I cannot make them happy; I can only get them to a place in which they can pursue happiness.
We are raising our grandchildren’s parents
Posted Thursday, October 7th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
One of my insights in the second family law article I ever had published was“[a]lways recognize (and remind your client) that a custody case is
Maybe we’re stretching the definition of adultery a bit too far?
Posted Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I married a few years before I moved to South Carolina or began practicing family law. When I married I thought I had a workable
I thought I was “taking one for the team”
Posted Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
For a family law attorney, having sexual relations with a client’s spouse is probably the height of (over)zealous advocacy (assuming that the spouse is the
Bill James, American exceptionalism, and a sense of perspective and vigilance
Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Sabermetric guru Bill James is one of my favorite writers and one of my fantasy dinner guests. Recently he’s turned his attention to the history
Court ordered sibling visitation in South Carolina
Posted Sunday, September 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Visitation
One of the more recent additions to the South Carolina jurisdictional code regarding children and family court, § 63-3-530, is subsection 44, which allows the
Treating Unwed Daddies as Wallets
Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, Visitation
I had lunch yesterday with Charlie F.P. Segars-Andrews, who mentioned she had been contacted to do work with an agency, Responsible Committed Fatherhood Initiative, attempting to
Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I read this week in the New York Times that half of all pregnancies in America are unplanned. Many of the social problems I observe–in family
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Humor?, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Today the South Carolina Supreme Court, at the request of our state bar, promulgated new rules requiring all attorneys and judges to attend one hour
Mr. & Mrs. Smith meet Mr. & Mrs. Forman
Posted Friday, July 9th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
One of the two grand ironic jests in the movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” is that this bored suburban couple–who drip utter contempt for each
