After Webb v. Sowell is any post eighteenth birthday child support constitutional?

Posted Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

In 2010, the South Carolina Supreme Court decision in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010) found that South Carolina’s interpretation of

God gave us children so that death wouldn’t be so disappointing?

Posted Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Walking through the Charleston market today I spotted a t-shirt for sale that read “God gave us children so that death wouldn’t be so disappointing.”

We appear to have an answer on what constitutes a narcotic

Posted Saturday, April 30th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

A few months ago I blogged about the common misconception that South Carolina has a ground for divorce for drug abuse when it really has

Attorneys acting too clever in assisting clients to repudiate an agreement

Posted Saturday, April 30th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

Recently, and for only the second time in my career, an opposing party attempted to repudiate a family court agreement that he or she had

Thomas McDow’s annotated attorney’s oath

Posted Friday, April 29th, 2011 by Thomas McDow
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

From guest blogger, Thomas F. McDow of the Law Office of Thomas F. McDow in Rock Hill, South Carolina Attorney’s Oath, Mandated by Rule 402(k), SCACR I do

Court of Appeals decision provides rare guidance on standards for appeal of family court temporary orders

Posted Friday, April 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

The April 27, 2011 Court of Appeals decision in Grumbos v. Grumbos, 393 S.C. 33, 710 S.E.2d 76 (Ct.App. 2011), treads much familiar ground.  To wit:

A suggestion on how to define a “major” decision involving the child for purpose of triggering a duty to consult

Posted Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

I was in a mediation earlier this week in which my client was seeking a requirement that his children’s mother consult with him before making

My first paid co-mediation

Posted Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

My wife, Karen Anne Klickstein-Forman, and I both became certified family court mediators in 2009.  Since that time both of us have handled paid mediations

Obligated to be civil to the uncivil

Posted Monday, April 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

The April 25, 2011 Supreme Court opinion, In the Matter of Anonymous Member of the South Carolina Bar, 392 S.C. 328, 709 S.E.2d 633 (2011), is

My first common-law marriage

Posted Saturday, April 16th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

Yesterday, for the first time in my 17+ years of practicing family law, I  helped validate a common-law marriage.  Unlike the typical common-law marriage litigated

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