Court of Appeals holds results of a penile plethysmograph (PPG) test are inadmissible as unreliable
Posted Monday, September 9th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I typically don’t blog about criminal cases and In the Matter of Shawn T. Daily may still get altered by the Court of Appeals or
Drafting passport provisions for Child Custody Agreements
Posted Friday, August 23rd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
As foreign travel has gotten easier and my client base has gotten wealthier, more of my clients need their child custody agreements to address passports
Court of Appeals clarifies what domestic litigation is rendered moot by a child’s emancipation
Posted Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The August 21, 2024 Court of Appeals opinion in Bristol v. Lipnevicius clarifies what portions of domestic litigation are rendered moot by a child’s emancipation.
Posted Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Discovery, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The August 7, 2024, Supreme Court opinion in E.G. and J.J. v. SCDSS, held that adoption records, if relevant, were subject to disclosure in civil
Posted Saturday, August 3rd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The July 31, 2024, Supreme Court opinion in Rish v. Rish, reverses a Court of Appeals decision in Rish v. Rish, 435 S.C. 681, 868 S.E.2d 719,
Supreme Court reverses finding that sale of dental practice was enterprise goodwill
Posted Friday, August 2nd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The July 31, 2024 Supreme Court opinion in Bostick v. Bostick, reversed a ruling from the Court of Appeals, Bostick v. Bostick, 436 S.C. 43,
“Get Married” contrasted with “You’ll Do”: two recent books about marriage
Posted Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
For both professional reasons [family law attorney for 30 years] and personal reasons [husband for 34 years], I find the sociology of marriage a fascinating
Posted Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The June 20, 2024 Court of Appeals opinion in Carter v. Carter corrects an obvious family court error but fails to correct what I would
May 9th Q&A with Professor Marcia Zug about You’ll Do at Blue Bicycle Books
Posted Friday, May 3rd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
On May 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. I will be doing a Q&A with Marcia Zug, the Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Family Law
What Challengers gets right about modern marriage
Posted Friday, April 26th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Before I started law school, I was one of two film reviewers for what is now the Philadelphia Weekly. My wife’s and my first date[1]
