South Carolina Appellate Courts continue to reward indefinite pleading
Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I applauded when the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued its 2008 opinion in Camp v. Camp, 378 S.C. 237, 662 S.E.2d 458 (Ct. App. 2008) dismissing
Should fathers of children born out-of-wedlock have rights and obligations towards those children?
Posted Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity
The goal of this blog is not to offend but merely to establish the following three points about the current system in which fathers of
Getting the Child Heard lecture
Posted Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Continuing Legal Education, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
My materials for a February 9, 2010 National Business Institute lecture on Advance Family Law are available here: Getting the Child Heard
Individual versus collective responsibilities for raising children
Posted Friday, February 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Much of our “culture war” debates are tangential offshoots of the meta issue of whether caring for a child is the collective responsibility of the
Posted Saturday, January 30th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
While many in our culture believe contemporary folks wallow in sin, merely from the fact that women in our culture expect greater respect than they
South Carolina’s new Responsible Father Registry
Posted Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, South Carolina Specific
Beginning January 1, 2010, South Carolina implemented a Responsible Father Registry. S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-820. This registry is designed to allow men who have
Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Sometimes I think I have potential as a marriage counselor if and when I hang up my law license. Sixteen years of practicing family law
Calvin Morris: An Appreciation
Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Today [January 22, 2010] I attended the funeral of Calvin Morris. Calvin would be on the short list of favorite clients. I first met Calvin
Posted Monday, January 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Today’s Supreme Court opinion in Dickert v. Dickert, 387 S.C. 1, 691 S.E.2d 448 (2010), resolved interesting issues of equitable distribution and alimony. However on the
Posted Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
The January 4, 2010 Supreme Court opinion in Dawkins v. Dawkins, 386 S.C. 169, 687 S.E.2d 52 (2010) was explicitly intended to clarify for the bench
