How to draft a family court final order that will get sustained on appeal
Posted Monday, July 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Pursuant to South Carolina Rule of Family Court 26 (a & b): An order or judgment pursuant to an adjudication in a domestic relations case
Why I love my scanner and Adobe Acrobat
Posted Saturday, July 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Starting about 2003, I would occasionally hear lawyers lecture on “the paperless office.” While I consider myself on the leading edge of technological savvy for
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
What does default mean in South Carolina family court?
Posted Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina Family Court Rule 17(a), appears to mitigate some of the harsher consequences under the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure for a failure
Why family court attorneys should know how to do appeals
Posted Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There are approximately a half dozen family law attorneys in the Charleston, South Carolina area whom I consider extremely underrated. Typically their hourly rate
The client whose child is uniquely attractive to pedophiles
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I and other attorneys I know are now having cases in which one parent complains about the other parent posting photographs of the child to
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I negotiated the resolution of a motion for temporary relief at the courthouse on Friday. On at least three different occasions during the hour and
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
It is my experience that most family law attorneys in South Carolina reflexively file a motion for temporary relief when filing a contested family court
How does a judge know evidence is relevant without (generally) resorting to hearsay?
Posted Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
While responding to a comment on my blog “Why isn’t corporal punishment considered domestic abuse?,” I began thinking about how one might “know” a fact
Why isn’t corporal punishment considered domestic abuse?
Posted Saturday, June 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Yesterday, while bantering with a DSS attorney I really like during a lull in a mediation I was conducting, she mentioned that she used corporal
