Archive for the ‘Child Support’ Category
Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity
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I had lunch yesterday with Charlie F.P. Segars-Andrews, who mentioned she had been contacted to do work with an agency, Responsible Committed Fatherhood Initiative, attempting to assist fathers establish visitation at the same time the Department of Social Services establishes child support. Given my interest in assisting such fathers obtain court-ordered visitation–my most recent volunteer case [...]
Tags: Child Support, F.P. Segars-Andrews, Jurisprudence, Paternity, Popular Culture, Visitation
Posted in Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity | 3 Comments »
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Attorney's Fees, Child Support, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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Yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bennett v. Rector provides further guidance on imputation of income in a child support case. Living “The Life of Riley” on a claimed income of $1,967 a month while claiming a monthly income between six to ten times greater in financial statements is generally going to destroy one’s credibility [...]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Support, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
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South Carolina’s approach to the requirement of life insurance to secure child support or alimony payments could only have been designed by someone with no appreciation for economics. Through its structure of perverse incentives, we have created a system that generates unneeded controversy, misallocates the cost of this insurance, and practically guarantees an inefficient level [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Life Insurance
Posted in Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific | 5 Comments »
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Property Division, South Carolina Specific
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It is my experience that most family law attorneys in South Carolina reflexively file a motion for temporary relief when filing a contested family court action or fail to file a marital dissolution action when they hope to negotiate a separation agreement. Yet I know of two good reasons (there may be others) to file [...]
Tags: Alimony Modification, Child Custody Modification, Child Support Modification, Discovery, Family Court Procedure, Guardian ad litem, Litigation Strategy, Motions for Temporary Relief, Property Division
Posted in Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Property Division, South Carolina Specific | 2 Comments »
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Litigation Strategy, South Carolina Specific
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Just the past week I have closed a support modification case in which a party’s financial declaration understates that party’s projected future income and taken over another support modification case in which my client did not have the financial declarations the court used to approve his previous support agreement. These are not uncommon experiences but [...]
Tags: Alimony Modification, Child Support Modification, Financial Declarations, Litigation Strategy
Posted in Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Litigation Strategy, South Carolina Specific | 3 Comments »
Posted Thursday, June 17th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific
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In the first year of law school everyone takes Civil Procedure, where we learn about in rem jurisdiction, quasi in rem jurisdiction and in personam [personal] jurisdiction. One percent of us understand the concepts clearly and other ninety-nine percent (including me) promptly misremember or forget most of what we learned–and then, possibly, relearn these lessons [...]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, Litigation Strategy, Personal Jurisdiction
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Posted Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Aimed Primarily to Attorneys, Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Property Division, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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Today’s Court of Appeals opinion in Susan R. v. Donald R. affirmed, with one seemingly insignificant modification, the family court’s ruling on the three contested issues. Two appealed issues were simply affirmed. Husband appealed imputation of income for the purpose of setting child support. The family court included $100 per month in proceeds from a [...]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The April 19, 2010 Supreme Court decision in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010), was long anticipated: it was argued in January 2009 and my blog mentioned the appeal in September, 2009. The result is a complete surprise: South Carolina joins a handful of states that have found requirements that some, but not all, [...]
Tags: Child Support, College Support, South Carolina Supreme Court
Posted in Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | 6 Comments »
