Counseling the aggrieved spouse to move on
Posted Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I finalized a divorce earlier this week in which the other party discovered my client’s adultery a few years ago and filed for divorce twenty
Overnight paramour restraints and homosexual relationships
Posted Saturday, February 18th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
A state that denies homosexuals the right to marry has no right to punish them for living together without being married. In 1967, the United
I’ve got new plans for Valentine’s Day
Posted Sunday, February 12th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
The parade of human misery passing by judges dealing with marital disputes must lead many to despair. The rare tales of a judge doing something
Forgoing divorce grounds corroboration based upon an “admission against interest”
Posted Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
To prevent spouses from making up grounds for a divorce that they are not entitled to, South Carolina requires “corroboration” of divorce grounds to prevent
Posted Saturday, November 19th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Did an uncontested fault divorce yesterday in which the pro se defendant failed to appear. To prove the defendant’s habitual intoxication required testimony and evidence
One hundred things I don’t know about South Carolina family law
Posted Monday, November 14th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, South Carolina Specific
This blog is inspired by myriad important family law issues that current South Carolina case law and statute don’t adequately answer. None of these questions
The “best” age(s) for South Carolina husbands to commit adultery
Posted Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
One of the many oddities of South Carolina family law is that a husband is typically best off committing adultery when he and his wife
Posted Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In what is, for me, one of the most highly anticipated decisions on this year’s docket, the South Carolina Supreme Court decided on September 19,
Should separation be required for a separate maintenance action?
Posted Sunday, August 21st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
In April 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Eileen Frances Theresa Busto Theisen v. Clifford Richard Theisen. According
President Obama: Marriage Counselor
Posted Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Humor?, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
If Barack Obama loses the 2012 presidential election, I think the man may have found his next calling: marriage counselor. As quoted by Maureen Dowd