Archive for July, 2009
Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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It is 216 months from the time a child is born until the time the child turns eighteen. Under South Carolina law the family court loses the power to decide a child’s custody once that child turns age eighteen. Thus, when fighting over custody, parties are, at most, fighting over 216 months of a child’s […]
Tags: Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Popular Culture
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Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in Spreeuw v. Barker, 385 S.C. 45, 682 S.E.2d 843 (Ct. App. 2009). It represents a small, perhaps Pyrrhic, victory. Ms. Spreeuw did not prevail in a single issue in her […]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Custody Modification, Child Support, Child Support Modification, Gregory Forman, Guardian ad litem, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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I just completed the five-day, 40-hour Family Court Mediation Training offered by the South Carolina bar and led by Mary Lowndes Bryan and C. Cotton Harness, III, both of whom were excellent instructors. Not only did the class explain and demonstrate the basics of providing mediation services in family court, it also offered lessons in […]
Tags: Cotton Harness, Gregory Forman, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 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, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
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The Court of Appeals’ decision to affirm the family court’s award of custody to the father in its July 28, 2009 opinion in Divine v. Robbins, 385 S.C. 23, 683 S.E.2d 286 (Ct.App. 2009) isn’t terribly surprising. Being an uncooperative parent who withholds visitation to get one’s way, putting one’s own desires ahead of the child’s best […]
Tags: Discovery, Litigation Strategy, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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I’m saddened by Michael Jackson’s untimely death. I have enjoyed all his studio albums since Off the Wall was released in 1979, seen him live with his brothers on the Victory tour in 1985, and reviewed Bad and History for print publications. Better than any other popular musician of the rock era his music and […]
Tags: Child Abuse and Neglect, Michael Jackson, New York Times, Popular Culture
Posted in Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public | 1 Comment »
Posted Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Child Custody, Jurisdiction, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The July 13, 2009 Court of Appeals decision in Brookshire v. Blackwell, 384 S.C. 333, 682 S.E.2d 295 (Ct.App. 2009) clarifies personal and subject matter jurisdiction analysis as it regards multi-state adoption action. In this case the Brookshires, South Carolina residents, were awarded custody of the Blackwells’ children by the Alabama Courts. The Brookshires then filed an adoption […]
Tags: Adoption, Child Custody, Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Termination of Parental Rights, Uniform Interstate Child Custody Jurisdiction & Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
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Posted Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381, 709 S.E.2d 650 (2011) In 2007, the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued a published decision in Floyd v. Morgan, 375 S.C. 246, 652 S.E.2d 83 (Ct. […]
Tags: Child Support, Child Support Modification, Jurisprudence, South Carolina Supreme Court
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