Posted Monday, January 7th, 2019 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The January 4, 2019 Court of Appeals opinion in Brown v. Key, 425 S.C. 490, 823 S.E.2d 212 (2019), represents the first published opinion addressing
Don’t let your kids become pinball wizards
Posted Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Legislation, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I have no desire to mine the legislative history to determine when and why some South Carolina legislator decided he needed to save our state’s
Defending the client’s deposition
Posted Saturday, December 1st, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
An attorney tasked with defending a client’s deposition is doing most of the work prior to the deposition. While I have a frequently asked question
Court of Appeals addresses valuation of a closely held business
Posted Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The November 28, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Clark v. Clark, 423 S.C. 596, 815 S.E.2d 772 (Ct. App. 2018), is one more data
There is no formula to predict South Carolina alimony obligations
Posted Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
There’s a chart circulating amongst South Carolina family law attorneys that lists most of the published alimony opinions and has columns for the amount of
The Silver Anniversary of my law practice
Posted Sunday, November 18th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Today, November 18, 2018, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of opening my own law practice. It was a somewhat compelled decision that ended up being among
Posted Saturday, November 10th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Earlier this week I received what may be one of the bigger complements of my career. A fellow member of the local family court bar
Even in South Carolina, corporal punishment is becoming highly problematic
Posted Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
When I first started practicing family law in South Carolina a quarter century ago, “Spare the Rod; Spoil the Child” was a biblically sanctioned cultural
The pessimistic defendant’s attorney
Posted Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants
I suspect I lose a lot of business by projecting a pessimistic outlook when first meeting with Defendants in family law cases. While many litigants
Shouldn’t a party’s assets be a factor in “ability to pay” family court attorney’s fees?
Posted Thursday, October 25th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
E.D.M. v. T.A.M., 307 S.C. 471, 476-77, 415 S.E.2d 812, 816 (1992) is the seminal South Carolina case in deciding whether to award a prevailing
