Are we headed to an encyclopedia of child custody restraints (and is that something we actually want)?

Posted Monday, January 29th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

This is another blog inspired by last Friday’s guardian ad litem training.  As I enter my fourth decade of practice and acknowledge that my legal

Make the parents bounce

Posted Monday, January 29th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to General Public

South Carolina’s annual guardian ad litem training, which took place last Friday, always inspires at least a few blogs. It did again this year. During

Court of Appeals affirms custody and relocation but reverses Mother’s rehabilitative alimony award

Posted Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

The January 24, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in Gandy v. Gandy affirmed the family court’s award of custody to Mother and affirmed a relocation

The hierarchy of witnesses for custody trials

Posted Thursday, October 26th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

Attempting to give guidance to various clients indicated a need for me to explain the hierarchy of witnesses for custody trials.  As I have noted

Court of Appeals essentially affirms family court on child support and attorney’s fees

Posted Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

I’ve delayed blogging on the August 30, 2023, Court of Appeals opinion in Brantley v. Brantley 441 S.C. 284, 893 S.E.2d 349 (Ct.App. 2023), until

Court of Appeals affirms family court’s denial of custody modification where child’s preference may have been the result of Father’s manipulative behavior

Posted Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

In the July 19, 2023, Court of Appeals opinion in Fossett v. Fossett, 440 S.C. 576, 891 S.E.2d 515 (Ct.App. 2023), the Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals, finding exceptional circumstances, affirms joint physical custody and divided legal custody

Posted Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific

In the April 26, 2023, opinion in Greene v. Greene, 439 S.C. 427, 887 S.E.2d 157 (Ct.App. 2023), finding exceptional circumstances, the Court of Appeals

In contested custody litigation, there’s no downside to kindness

Posted Saturday, March 4th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

One of the quickest, easiest, and most effective “fixes” I can counsel my clients to do in contested custody litigation is to be kind to

In a dysfunctional parenting relationship, there’s better than even odds that you’re the problem

Posted Saturday, March 4th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

Most of my contested custody litigation, especially those requiring trial, involve parents in a dysfunctional co-parenting relationship.  The inability of these parents to get along

Many reasons to love Our Family Wizard

Posted Friday, February 17th, 2023 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants

When I first started trying custody cases in 1994, there were no text messages or emails and the World Wide Web was in its infancy. 

Put Mr. Forman’s experience, knowledge, and dedication to your service for any of your South Carolina family law needs.