Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
As indicated by the comments, yesterday’s Schoolin’ the newbies was a success. Thus we will be doing another class on September 8th at 5:30 p.m. at
How best interests of the child warps adult culture
Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A generation ago there was a term for adults who genuinely enjoyed watching small children’s athletic or artistic performances: pedophiles. However a legal culture that
President Obama: Marriage Counselor
Posted Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Humor?, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
If Barack Obama loses the 2012 presidential election, I think the man may have found his next calling: marriage counselor. As quoted by Maureen Dowd
Glee 3-D: Propaganda for the Obama Generation
Posted Sunday, August 14th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
How could one not love Glee 3-D? It, and Glee, are Utopian fantasies in which a Red America of bigots, malevolent overlords, and religious scolds
Twisting our spines patting ourselves on the back
Posted Saturday, August 13th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I attended both “The Help” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” this week and am surprised no culture writers have noted the important
Be careful what your client vouches for
Posted Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Most attorneys know that their clients’ own affidavit(s) can be used against them at trial as an admission of a party opponent. SCRE 801(d)(2)(A). However,
Court of Appeals affirms family court on which QDRO plan to use
Posted Thursday, August 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The August 10, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Keefer v. Keefer involved a dispute between which of two Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) plans
Court of Appeals custody opinion is all kinds of crazy
Posted Thursday, August 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Generally, the South Carolina Court of Appeals does not issue published opinions Per Curiam. Perhaps it did so for the August 10, 2011 opinion
Posted Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Continuing today’s theme of gifts from benevolent domestic litigation deities is the issue of overly vitriolic affidavits for temporary hearings in marital dissolution cases. When
The child custody interrogatory that often reveals more than it should
Posted Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 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
It’s typically hard to get useful information from child custody interrogatories. One question that often reveals more than it should is “Is there anything about
