Archive for the ‘Not South Carolina Specific’ Category
Posted Friday, April 26th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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I consider myself lucky to have seen P!nk for the second time last month in Charlotte, this time from the center of the VIP mosh pit. Since P!nk is such a dynamic, acrobatic performer, as well as an incredible singer, being in the midst of her show was overwhelming. But one reason I’ve been a [...]
Tags: P!nk, Popular Culture
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Posted Thursday, March 28th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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I attended a hearing yesterday in which two seemingly caring parents of teenagers were, perhaps unwittingly, doing their best to destroy the other’s relationship with these children. At the conclusion of the hearing the judge addressed the parties with advice that I had never heard before. I paraphrase: I am the father of adult children. [...]
Tags: Parenting
Posted in Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public | 4 Comments »
Posted Friday, March 22nd, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
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Folks who refuse to comply with their court-approved agreements but then ask you to renegotiate those agreements to make them more to their liking are akin to domestic abusers attempting to sweet talk their way back into the home. Which makes the folks who agree to renegotiate agreements that the other side won’t obey…..abused. Just [...]
Tags: Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, Litigation Strategy
Posted in Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys | 1 Comment »
Posted Thursday, March 21st, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Court Procedure, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
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Not infrequently a claim of abuse or neglect against one parent will lead another parent to seek custody. Other times a private custody case will lead to a referral to the Department of Social Services (DSS), which leads that agency to bring an abuse and neglect proceeding. Either way, the result is concurrent DSS abuse [...]
Tags: Child Custody, Department of Social Services, Family Court Procedure
Posted in Child Custody, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Court Procedure, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys | 1 Comment »
Posted Friday, March 8th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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It’s dress up Friday at my daughter’s magnet school, in which students can ditch uniforms and come as their favorite novel character. My daughter’s dressing as Katniss from “The Hunger Games.” While she was walking out the door with her crossbow and quiver of rubber arrows, I reminded my wife of the school district’s zero [...]
Tags: Bill James, Popular Culture, Zero Tolerance
Posted in Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public | 5 Comments »
Posted Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
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A few years ago I was court appointed in a Department of Social Services abuse and neglect case as the lawyer for a twelve year old who was accusing her stepfather of sexually molesting her. Unique in my career, I was not her guardian or the lawyer for her guardian: I was her lawyer. Thus [...]
Tags: Credibility, Litigation Strategy
Posted in Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys | No Comments »
Posted Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
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Between my work as a volunteer attorney mentor, being asked by a Philippine attorney working on a book about legal career paths to describe mine, and being asked by South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly “what do you tell young people who are considering a career in law?,” I have spent significant time the past few weeks [...]
Tags: Law School Education, New York Times
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