The danger of rushing into custody agreements with the seriously mentally ill or substance abusing
Posted Saturday, April 1st, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
Folks hire family law attorneys not only expecting to have their domestic disputes resolved, but expecting them to be resolved quickly and inexpensively. The method
Lessons from my first contested termination of parental rights prosecution trial
Posted Thursday, March 30th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Last week I represented a mother and step-father in a contested termination of parental rights(TPR)/step-parent adoption case. I have been a licensed attorney for over
You don’t have to pretend to be perfect
Posted Thursday, March 30th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A lot of family court litigants harm their cases because they don’t want to admit anything that makes them look bad. Confronted with such behavior
What’s so primo about primacy?
Posted Sunday, March 26th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Folks will often contact my office with a desire to file a divorce or custody case immediately, “before the other side does.” Sometimes there is
Should student loan payments be a factor in setting child support?
Posted Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
It has always struck me as fundamentally unfair that student loan payments–especially interest on those payments–are not deductible from income for income tax purposes. Borrow
Posted Monday, March 20th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Child support can be modified based upon a substantial change of circumstances. Common circumstances that justify a child support modification are when work-related child care
If you want peace, prepare for war
Posted Sunday, March 19th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Clients often ask me, if the goal is to settle the case, why I ask them to gather substantial information or why I issue discovery
Posted Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we
Posted Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
N.B. On May 9, 2018 the Supreme Court reversed this decision. See: Supreme Court reinstates termination of father’s parental rights and authorizes foster parent adoption On
Representing witnesses of current family court clients
Posted Sunday, March 5th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
A few times every year a witness in a current family court case will ask me to represent him or her in a family court
