Month: October 2009

Co-mediation

October 30, 2009

My wife, Karen Klickstein-Forman, LISW-CP, and I co-mediated our first cases today, mediating three abuse and neglect cases in the Charleston County Family Court, completely

Family leave = family values

October 29, 2009

80° sunny day in Charleston and my morning calendar fell apart...so I decided to do lunch at my second grader’s school.  After lunch I organized

Entrepreneurial cognizance within the professions

October 29, 2009

Last week Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, wrote a piece describing the current recession as largely caused by

The distinction between a witness who doesn’t understand the question and who doesn’t understand why you are asking the question

October 28, 2009

I am not one of those lucky souls who can speak extemporaneously in perfectly coherent paragraphs.  Thus, when conducting cross-examinations, I am not surprised when

216 months redux

October 28, 2009

A few months ago I blogged on the concept that a child’s minority only lasts for 216 months and that the number of months of

Despite guilty plea to simple assault and battery on child at issue, Court of Appeals reverses family court finding that defendant abused child

October 28, 2009

The Court of Appeals’ decision in South Carolina Department of Social Services v. C.H., L.K., T.M. and D.M., 386 S.C. 58, 685 S.E.2d 835 (2009), reversed the

How to deal with the witness who, on cross-examination, loses the ability to answer questions

October 28, 2009

One of the things I am enjoying about mentoring newly-licensed attorneys is the opportunity to share little tips on how to deal with common litigation

Emergency hearings versus expedited hearings

October 23, 2009

Unlike a number of my family law brethren, I seek few emergency hearings; unlike almost all of my family law brethren, I seek many expedited