Is habitual and flaunted jaywalking “conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice”
Posted Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
Recently South Carolina’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) has taken action against attorneys for their activities outside the context of actual cases if these acts
Is there ever sufficient evidence of “continued cohabitation” to terminate alimony?
Posted Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 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
I occasionally get telephone calls from men whose ex-wife’s are receiving alimony but also appear to be living with a boyfriend. They want to know
Posted Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Some of the more cryptic opinions to come out of the South Carolina Supreme Court simply state “We granted a writ of certiorari to review
Posted Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Miscellaneous, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
My newest mentee, Audrey R. Brown, has her website up here. [caption id="attachment_9914" align="aligncenter" width="250"] Photograph of Audrey R. Brown[/caption] Audrey is a graduate of
Caught between Scylla and Charybdis
Posted Friday, January 25th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific
Two years ago, in In the Matter of Anonymous Member of the South Carolina Bar, 392 S.C. 328, 709 S.E.2d 633 (2011), an attorney was
What’s so bad about split custody?
Posted Thursday, January 24th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
While our family court jurisdictional statute, S.C. Code § 63-3-530(42), allows judges “to order joint or divided custody where the court finds it is in
When a child’s mental health professional makes a guardian ad litem unnecessary
Posted Thursday, January 17th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Guardians Ad Litem, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
South Carolina Code §63-3-810(A)(1) allows the family court to appoint a guardian ad litem in a private custody case when “without a guardian ad litem,
Posted Monday, January 14th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Ever since a local family court judge got defrocked for presiding in a case in which she had an alleged conflict, South Carolina family court
Does equitable distribution case law overvalue retirement accounts?
Posted Thursday, January 10th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) and 401k account assets are not as valuable as an equivalent amount of cash. With some exceptions there is a 10%
When a child supposedly speaks ill of a parent
Posted Thursday, January 10th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
How an attorney should react when a client’s child speaks ill of the client is often dependant upon things young attorneys (and often even experienced
