When your divorce lawyer’s results leave you vaguely unsatisfied
Posted Thursday, April 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Found this on a recent vacation at a Voodoo shop in New Orleans. Over the years I have had more than one divorcing client who would
New Frequently Asked Question on Relocation
Posted Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
It’s very basic but any attorney or parent seeking a simple explanation of South Carolina law on custodial parent relocation is directed to this new
Court of Appeals clarifies what is proof of physical cruelty and what isn’t proof of adultery
Posted Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I have had a number of cases in which a spouse (in my experience, always the husband) has destroyed the home phone in the midst
Posted Monday, March 29th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I would love to see our South Carolina Supreme Court explain how an indigent holds the key to his cell door by paying $6,000.00 he
Updated abuse and neglect materials
Posted Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Less than a year after undertaking extensive research in 2007 to draft materials for lectures on representing parents in abuse and neglect cases, South Carolina’s
What we got here is a failure to communicate
Posted Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A few months ago I tried an initial custody case involving an eight-year old child on behalf of the father against a pro se mother.
How else should we select judges?
Posted Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried. - Winston Churchill It’s clear that the Supreme Court’s
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Judge Segars-Andrews’ complaint was dismissed by the Supreme Court today: Segars-Andrews v. Judicial Merit Selection Commission, 387 S.C. 109, 691 S.E.2d 453 (2010). I assume this means she
New Frequently Asked Question on Family Court Temporary Hearings
Posted Friday, March 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Realizing I have never adequately explained in writing what happens at a family court temporary hearing, and realizing that I shouldn’t expect my clients to understand
Why shouldn’t lawyers have sunny dispositions?
Posted Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Humor?, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Last week I hosted an extern from Bryn Mawr College who was interested in a career in family law. Facebook messaging her mother [a physician
