Reviewing family court temporary hearing affidavits before beginning argument
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Under South Carolina Rule of Family Court 21(c), “affidavits filed at a temporary hearing need not be served on the opposing party prior to the
The current legal status of homosexual relationships
Posted Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
In preparation for last Friday’s interview on WCBD I created an extensive outline of topics that might come up for discussion. In that five minute
Interview on legal recognition of same sex relationships in South Carolina
Posted Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
On May 18, 2012 I was interviewed by Carolyn Murray of WCBD regarding the recognition of same sex relationships in South Carolina. Part one is
Should child custody be revisited every few years?
Posted Monday, May 21st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There was a thoughtful Op-Ed piece in the May 20, 2012 New York Times titled “In Whose Best Interests?” by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family
The uses and misuses of ambiguity in family court agreements
Posted Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Some of the most contentious family court litigation I have handled involved modification of prior family court agreements in which the agreements were ambiguous to
What are the justifications for long-term supervised visitation?
Posted Friday, May 11th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
Almost two decades of family law practice has made me cautious regarding supervised visitation. The number of parents who believe their co-parents’ visitation needs to
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
A question family law attorneys are sometimes called upon to answer is if and when a broken engagement requires the return of an engagement ring.
Way decision reverses lump sum equitable distribution award
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The May 9, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in Way v. Way, 398 S.C. 1, 726 S.E.2d 215 (Ct. App. 2012), reversed the family court’s $20,000
Recent amendments to the ADR Rules – “Early Neutral Evaluation”
Posted Saturday, May 5th, 2012 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
From guest blogger: Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services If you have not had the time to review them, on April 30, 2012, we received
South Carolina Supreme Court promulgates rules for rules to show cause in family court
Posted Monday, April 30th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
On April 30, 2012, the South Carolina Supreme Court finally created the long-awaited, oft-deferred family court rules for the handling of rules to show cause.
