There is no relief from judgment for intrinsic fraud (or do your due diligence)
Posted Sunday, September 13th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) list five different ways one can use a streamlined procedure to obtain relief from a judgment within one
The risk of sending South Carolina family law clients to counseling
Posted Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Many family law clients in the initial stage of custody or divorce litigation could benefit from counseling. Whether it is developing better coping methods for
Trial: Fun for me (for you maybe not so much)
Posted Saturday, September 5th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, South Carolina Specific
When I counsel clients that they should take a settlement offer I am often met with the response, “I want to go to trial.” Many
Negotiating alimony or equitable distribution without financial declarations
Posted Friday, September 4th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
How many times have I been seduced by an opposing attorney’s siren call to negotiate alimony or property division issues before that attorney’s client will
Court of Appeals says email notice is notice
Posted Thursday, August 27th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Appellate Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In an order designed to terrify civil, domestic and appellate lawyers, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, in an August 26, 2015 order in the
Posted Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
In January 2013, noting that none of the seven published South Carolina appellate opinions dealing with the issue of “continued cohabitation” had found it existed
Posted Friday, August 21st, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Folks hire attorneys to accomplish their legal goals. Too often those same folks hobble their attorneys by failing to remedy counterproductive behavior. It may be
Posted Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Sometimes the greatest service an attorney can offer a client is to walk the client back from looming disaster. However it requires skill and experience
Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
Posted Sunday, August 9th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There’s a divorce client from five years ago who I have remained friends with on Facebook. When I first met him–and began representing him–he was
South Carolina Supreme Court holds child abuse examiners are not to be used as expert witnesses
Posted Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 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 Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In a criminal appeal that has implications for family law attorneys who defend abuse and neglect proceedings, on August 5, 2015, in the case of
