Shouldn’t having custody of a child terminate child support per se?
Posted Friday, May 13th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Under S.C. Code § 63-3-530 (17) “orders for child support run until the child is eighteen years of age or until the child is married
Collecting child (or spousal) support from actual dead deadbeats
Posted Thursday, February 10th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Due to recent changes in the law, it has become much easier to collect back child support from a deceased deadbeat’s estate. Here’s how to
Posted Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
An aphorism first year law students are told is “bad facts make bad law.” The January 19, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.
Provision for adjustment of child support using a “Shared Parenting Formula” [Schedule C]
Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel I've been involved in a number of mediations in which we were working to settle a child support
Divorcing child custody from child support
Posted Friday, January 7th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Audience:, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A colleague of mine, Casie N. Suddeth, posted on facebook about an Ontario Canada divorce case in which the judge became so frustrated with the
Court of Appeals refuses to answer $64,000 question regarding husband’s income
Posted Monday, December 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
The December 22, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Sanderson v. Sanderson, 391 S.C. 249, 705 S.E.2d 65 (Ct. App. 2010), reversed the family court in its decision to
Court of Appeals decision in Mosley addresses child support and equitable distribution issues
Posted Thursday, November 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The November 10, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Mosley v. Mosley, 390 S.C. 524, 702 S.E.2d 253 (Ct. App. 2010) reversed the family court’s determinations
Challenging improperly issued ex-parte support orders
Posted Thursday, October 7th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
In South Carolina most child support or alimony orders in which the support will be paid directly have a standard provision involving late payments. This
High income child support in South Carolina: extrapolation versus the “Three Pony Rule”
Posted Sunday, September 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A belief undergirding support guidelines is that children are entitled to enjoy a lifestyle similar to their parents, but if daddy has an entourage does
Treating Unwed Daddies as Wallets
Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, Visitation
I had lunch yesterday with Charlie F.P. Segars-Andrews, who mentioned she had been contacted to do work with an agency, Responsible Committed Fatherhood Initiative, attempting to
