2014 again finds few published family law opinions
Posted Thursday, January 8th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
While gender roles and marital expectations have rapidly changed during the past 50 years, family law has lagged in its response. Custody, child support, alimony
What I’ve learned after twenty-five years of marriage (or, if you expect your spouse’s farts to smell like roses, you are going to be upset)[1]
Posted Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
My wife and I celebrate our 25th anniversary today. Thanks to a family law practice that exceeded my expectations in personal, professional and financial success,
Court of Appeals continues recent trend of rejecting a family court’s credibility determinations
Posted Wednesday, December 24th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
One portion of this opinion was substantially modified on February 25, 2015: Refiled opinion in Srivastava makes revisions to equitable distribution ruling. The December 23, 2014
Posted Friday, December 12th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Appellate Procedure, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A much younger family law colleague of mine texted me earlier this week, informing me that she was successful in her first attempt at supersedeas.
Supreme Court sets procedures for family court attorney fee awards
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The December 3, 2014 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Buist v. Buist, 410 S.C. 569, 766 S.E.2d 381 (2014), sets forth procedures to be used
Posted Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
When, on October 6, 2014, in Rainey v. Bostic, 135 S.Ct. 286 (2014), the United States Supreme Court denied Virginia’s petition for certiorari in Bostic v.
Litigating child custody does not, by itself, create personal jurisdiction for child support
Posted Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisdiction, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Due to an increasingly mobile society, child custody litigation often moves to different states over a child’s minority. When both parents and the child no
On the wrong side of history again
Posted Friday, October 10th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Bowing to the inevitable, North Carolina has authorized same sex marriage, leaving South Carolina the last remaining state of the Fourth Circuit to bar such
We could have been more progressive than West Virginia…but no!
Posted Friday, October 10th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Yesterday, October 9, 2014, in an order from State ex rel. Wilson v. Condon, 410 S.C. 331, 764 S.E.2d 247 (2014), the South Carolina Supreme Court issued
South Carolina likely to be compelled to allow same sex marriage
Posted Monday, October 6th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific, United States Supreme Court Decisions
Today the United States Supreme Court decided to let stand a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision finding Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional.
