Overusing appraisers in valuing marital property

Posted Thursday, November 5th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

In equitably dividing marital property the South Carolina family court judge has three tasks: 1) identifying which property of the parties is “marital” and which

Can the logic justifying property division and alimony in South Carolina be reconciled (or if x=y, why doesn’t -x=-y)?

Posted Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

South Carolina is not a community property state (in community property states all marital property is divided equally).  However, in practice, with long-term marriages the

Transmutation in an economic downturn

Posted Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Law and Culture, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided.  They would either sell their home and divide

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