Court of Appeals decision provides rare guidance on standards for appeal of family court temporary orders

April 29, 2011

The April 27, 2011 Court of Appeals decision in Grumbos v. Grumbos, 393 S.C. 33, 710 S.E.2d 76 (Ct.App. 2011), treads much familiar ground.  To wit:

A suggestion on how to define a “major” decision involving the child for purpose of triggering a duty to consult

April 28, 2011

I was in a mediation earlier this week in which my client was seeking a requirement that his children’s mother consult with him before making

My first paid co-mediation

April 28, 2011

My wife, Karen Anne Klickstein-Forman, and I both became certified family court mediators in 2009.  Since that time both of us have handled paid mediations

Obligated to be civil to the uncivil

April 25, 2011

The April 25, 2011 Supreme Court opinion, In the Matter of Anonymous Member of the South Carolina Bar, 392 S.C. 328, 709 S.E.2d 633 (2011), is

My first common-law marriage

April 16, 2011

Yesterday, for the first time in my 17+ years of practicing family law, I  helped validate a common-law marriage.  Unlike the typical common-law marriage litigated

The court news that’s always sad news

April 15, 2011

One thing I try to impress upon every new attorney I mentor is the need to protect one’s law licence from disciplinary concerns.  Wednesday, I

What portions of foreign domestic relations orders are enforceable in South Carolina Family Court?

April 14, 2011

When an opposing party lives or has assets in South Carolina, it can often be more effective to enforce a foreign state’s domestic relations order

What Harvey Milk taught me about Passover

April 13, 2011

Passover, which this year starts at sundown on April 18th, is the celebration commemorating the Jews escape from slavery and Egypt into freedom and the

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