Archive for September, 2011
Posted Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
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One of the many oddities of South Carolina family law is that a husband is typically best off committing adultery when he and his wife are either very young or very old. It’s the middle-aged dudes who suffer the most financially from their philandering. When a couple is young, especially if there are no children, […]
Tags: Adultery, Divorce, Popular Culture
Posted in Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific | 2 Comments »
Posted Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
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In the September 21, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion of South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Mary C., 396 S.C. 15, 720 S.E.2d 503 (Ct. App. 2011), a child’s therapist opined that a three-year old’s masturbating and defying her potty training by urinating on the floor were signs of “sexualized behaviors” indicative of sexual abuse. This […]
Tags: Benjamin Stevens, Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Social Services, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Posted in Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions | 3 Comments »
Posted Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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In what is, for me, one of the most highly anticipated decisions on this year’s docket, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided on September 19, 2011 in the case of Theisen v. Theisen, 394 S.C. 434, 716 S.E.2d 271 (2011) that physical separation is a required component for bringing a separate maintenance action. For almost a decade, […]
Tags: Jurisprudence, Separate Maintenance, South Carolina Supreme Court
Posted in Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | 2 Comments »
Posted Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The September 12, 2011 public reprimand issued by the South Carolina Supreme Court in In the Matter of Michael James Sarratt, 394 S.C. 209, 715 S.E.2d 337 (2011), perpetuates its opaque guidance on the proper handling of flat fees. Sarratt handled some of his work on a flat fee basis. Because he treated these fees as […]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Rules of Professional Conduct, South Carolina Supreme Court
Posted in Attorney's Fees, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | 3 Comments »
Posted Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The August 31, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Nestberg v. Nestberg, 394 S.C. 618, 716 S.E.2d 310 (Ct. App. 2011) is the second of two Court of Appeals opinions from that date in which that court analyzed the issue of marital economic misconduct as applied to equitable distribution of marital assets. In Nestberg, shortly prior […]
Tags: Equitable Distribution/Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Posted in Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | No Comments »
Posted Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The August 31, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Barrow v. Barrow, 394 S.C. 603, 716 S.E.2d 302 (Ct. App. 2011) analyzes the issue of “misconduct” in the context of equitable distribution awards. It represents a substantial victory for local family court attorney, colleague, and friend, Anne Frances Bleecker. The opinion is hard to follow because most attorneys […]
Tags: Anne Frances Bleecker, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Posted in Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | 6 Comments »
