Getting bossy with custody clients
Posted Saturday, July 1st, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I have a saying that custody cases are the rare litigation in which it is acceptable for an attorney to change the facts. While the
In praise of opinionated lawyers
Posted Sunday, June 11th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants
Folks who know me well–and even some who don’t–consider me the most opinionated person they know. I accept their judgment. Given something I’ve thought about,
Keeping smart people from doing stupid stuff
Posted Friday, April 28th, 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
When I attended law school no one informed me that I would spend a substantial part of most days talking smart people out of doing
Posted Wednesday, April 26th, 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
When I mentor newly licensed attorneys, one of the more important lessons I try to impart is that they should be clear about when and
Don’t expect the other side to pay your attorney’s fees
Posted Friday, April 14th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Attorney's Fees, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Folks going through marital litigation–and, less often, folks going through custody disputes– often contact me regarding representation with the expectation that the other side will
The best time to defeat a relocation case is before it’s filed
Posted Saturday, April 8th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In my 20+ years of family law practice, I’ve yet to see a relocation case in which the requested relocation was solely for the child’s
Posted Friday, April 7th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
When custodial parents relocate, the non-custodial parent almost always suffers. Typically they lose the frequent contact with the minor child that helps sustain most parent-child
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
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
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
