Posted Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Last Friday I attended a motion in which the primary issue was whether my client’s discovery request was a “fishing expedition.” The term “fishing expedition”
More thoughts on the election of judges
Posted Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Shortly after the South Carolina Supreme Court rejected Judge Segars-Andrews’ appeal seeking to overturn the decision of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission that she was
The attorneys or clients who cry wolf
Posted Friday, May 21st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In Aesop’s fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” a shepherd boy entertains himself by repeatedly pretending a wolf is attacking his sheep. Each time
Posted Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, 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
N.B.: On March 7, 2012, in McLeod v. Starnes, the South Carolina Supreme Court overruled Webb v. Sowell and the South Carolina Family Courts can again order unmarried or
How else should we select judges?
Posted Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried. - Winston Churchill It’s clear that the Supreme Court’s
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Judge Segars-Andrews’ complaint was dismissed by the Supreme Court today: Segars-Andrews v. Judicial Merit Selection Commission, 387 S.C. 109, 691 S.E.2d 453 (2010). I assume this means she
Posted Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I’ve been a certified mediator for less than a year but continually encounter unrepresented parties who want me to mediate their separation, custody or support
Was it a mistake to prevent immediate appellate review of temporary family court orders?
Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
It is extremely difficult to get family court temporary orders modified merely upon a claim that the order issued was unfair, based upon inaccurate information,
The culture’s misconceptions about condonation
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Condonation (a legal term meaning “conditional forgiveness”) is a powerful defense to a fault divorce in South Carolina. If proven, condonation revives an alimony claim
South Carolina’s alimony lottery
Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
I had a recent phone conference with a New Jersey attorney as we discussed the advantages of disadvantages of fighting an alimony case in South
