Court of Appeals clarifies standards for service of notice of UIFSA action and issuance of child support bench warrant

Posted Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

The December 30, 2009 Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v. Johnson, 386 S.C. 426, 688 S.E.2d 588 (2009), clarifies the service requirements for notification of attempted

What’s a father?

Posted Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, Visitation

A lecture/article topic idea I have often considered but never been able to completely get a fixed idea on is the notion of “What’s a

Legal obligations versus ethical obligations: Why should parents have to support their adult children?

Posted Friday, September 25th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

We live in a culture that increasingly confuses ethical obligations with legal ones.  For example, I believe I am ethically obligated to help out those

A new day in child support agreements

Posted Monday, August 24th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of  Lewis v. Lewis,

Small small victory

Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in

Misguided child support decision from South Carolina’s Supreme Court

Posted Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

N.B. The holding of Floyd v. Morgan that it took a higher burden of proof to modify support agreement was subsequently overruled in the case of  Lewis v. Lewis,

Is the application of civil contempt in South Carolina’s “daddy round-ups” improper?

Posted Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific

“The problem is, chronic non-supporters do not have dependable jobs, nor tax refunds, nor seizeable property. That’s why they are chronic. . . . As

Irresponsible baby daddies

Posted Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public

One day I may post a blog describing my research on why the methods that South Carolina uses to collect back child support (sarcastically referred

Did the Supreme Court limit laches too much in defending back alimony and child support claims?

Posted Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

Two recent South Carolina Supreme Court opinions: Ables v. Gladden, 378 S.C. 558, 664 S.E.2d 442 (2008) and Strickland v. Strickland, 375 S.C. 76, 650

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