I too have read South Carolina Family Court Rule 9 (or how to piss-off a family court judge part 2)
Posted Saturday, June 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
If you practice family law in South Carolina, how often has the following happened to you?: ATTORNEY: [Asks the witness a question] OPPOSING COUNSEL: Objection
Posted Saturday, June 26th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Since family court proceedings are bench trials a family law attorney’s task is to convince a judge, not a jury. Judges who feel that the
Financial declarations with an eye toward the future
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Just the past week I have closed a support modification case in which a party’s financial declaration understates that party’s projected future income and taken
Posted Thursday, June 17th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisdiction, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In the first year of law school everyone takes Civil Procedure, where we learn about in rem jurisdiction, quasi in rem jurisdiction and in personam
Applying Family Court Rule 27 to line jump the docket on visitation enforcement
Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific, Visitation
I met with a father earlier this week for a consult. He mentioned that he had gone five months without seeing his teenage daughter and
Appearance of Counsel in Family Court
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
One of the attorneys I am informally mentoring in family court practice came back from a domestic abuse hearing earlier this week having gotten a
Joint Custody: It’s how you ask
Posted Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A lesson instilled as a child by my parents and teachers is that “it’s not just what you ask for; it’s how you ask for
Can miscarriage expenses be considered an incident of child support?
Posted Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Today’s Court of Appeals opinion in Susan R. v. Donald R., 389 S.C. 107, 697 S.E.2d 634 (Ct. App. 2010), affirmed, with one seemingly insignificant modification,
Posted Friday, May 28th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
A couple of interesting things are happening in yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bodkin v. Bodkin, 388 S.C. 203, 694 S.E.2d 230 (2010), which, with one
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”
