Why join stepparents as opposing parties to family court proceedings?
Posted Friday, March 25th, 2016 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
The short answer is discovery. While I understand the logic of joining stepparents as parties to custody or visitation proceedings when that stepparent will not
Why not divide up legal custody?
Posted Saturday, February 27th, 2016 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
Deciding who will have legal custody–final decision making authority for a child–can be one of the more contentious issues in custody cases. Often one parent
Fighting for the last few percent of 50/50 custody
Posted Saturday, February 6th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I’ve had a few custody cases the past few years in which my client has had a goal of equal time with his or her
That ship has sailed (or implicitly condoning past child abuse or neglect)
Posted Friday, February 5th, 2016 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 decent subset of my custody and visitation cases have one parent raising abuse or neglect allegations that predate an agreement (whether a temporary consent
The problems in splitting children’s expenses based upon undefined “pro rata income shares”
Posted Friday, January 8th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Audience:, Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
I have recently encountered a number of court-approved child support agreements in which child-related expenses are divided upon undefined “pro rata [Latin for “in proportion”]
The difficulties relocating with children merely because the stepparent is moving
Posted Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Custodial parents rarely consider whether their spouses are prone to work related relocations when they decide to (re)marry. They simply assume that if their spouse
The risks of rushing into a final order on custody or visitation
Posted Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 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, Visitation
Most people, at least those who are thoughtful and mature, try to avoid protracted and contentious litigation. This is especially true for custody and visitation
Posted Friday, October 9th, 2015 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
Sadly, there are way too many custody in which both parents have “issues” that would lead their fitness to be questioned if the other parent
A child custody reversal that should have been published (and remanded rather than reversed)
Posted Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Child custody determinations are among the hardest family court matters to get reversed on appeal. Because custody decisions are based upon the weight the trial
Hightailing it with the kid(s)
Posted Saturday, July 4th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
When I first began practicing family law in the early 1990's it was a lot easier for mothers (it was typically mothers) to get away
