How to draft a family court final order that will get sustained on appeal
Posted Monday, July 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Pursuant to South Carolina Rule of Family Court 26 (a & b): An order or judgment pursuant to an adjudication in a domestic relations case
What does default mean in South Carolina family court?
Posted Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina Family Court Rule 17(a), appears to mitigate some of the harsher consequences under the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure for a failure
Why family court attorneys should know how to do appeals
Posted Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 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 approximately a half dozen family law attorneys in the Charleston, South Carolina area whom I consider extremely underrated. Typically their hourly rate
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I negotiated the resolution of a motion for temporary relief at the courthouse on Friday. On at least three different occasions during the hour and
Posted Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
It is my experience that most family law attorneys in South Carolina reflexively file a motion for temporary relief when filing a contested family court
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
