New statute codifies law on alimony modification upon retirement
Posted Monday, July 16th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Legislation, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
One of my blog’s readers posted a comment linking a new statute that codifies the law on modifying alimony upon the supporting spouse’s retirement. South
How many parents can (should) a child have?
Posted Saturday, July 14th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
My family spent last evening with South Carolina adoption guru James Fletcher Thompson. James regaled us with stories of the latest trends in assisted reproduction
Advanced Family Law Mediation Training
Posted Friday, July 13th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
As one of my tasks for the board of the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston (MMCC), I have organized an advanced family law mediation
Supreme Court approves parent’s taping of child’s telephone conversation
Posted Friday, July 13th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Though not a family court appeal, the July 11, 2012 Supreme Court opinion in State v. Whitner, 399 S.C. 547, 732 S.E.2d 861 (2012), has important application to
A new front in the battle of the sexes
Posted Sunday, July 8th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity
A recent scientific breakthrough allows the paternity of an unborn child to be determined through a blood test of the mother as early as the
New Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston website
Posted Monday, July 2nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston (MMCC), whose board I joined earlier this year, has a new and improved website. The updated website
Posted Sunday, July 1st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I conducted a mediation last week in which, with quite a bit of more arm twisting of both parties, I suspect I might have been
A lawyer again for twenty-one days
Posted Friday, June 29th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific
Earlier this month a South Carolina attorney was reinstated to the practice of law after being suspended for six months. Exactly three weeks later he
Who does South Carolina House Bill 4614 really benefit?
Posted Thursday, June 21st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Legislation, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Yesterday two different family law attorneys emailed me seeking my thoughts about the recently-enacted South Carolina House Bill 4614. Since most of the family court
Posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In the June 20, 2012 decision of Argabright v. Argabright, 398 S.C. 176, 727 S.E.2d 748 (2012), the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a permanent restraint
