The limits of South Carolina Family Court Rule 7
Posted Friday, June 1st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina Family Court Rule 7 creates various evidentiary exceptions to the general rules of hearsay. Some family law attorneys read this rule to allow
Reviewing family court temporary hearing affidavits before beginning argument
Posted Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Under South Carolina Rule of Family Court 21(c), “affidavits filed at a temporary hearing need not be served on the opposing party prior to the
The uses and misuses of ambiguity in family court agreements
Posted Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Some of the most contentious family court litigation I have handled involved modification of prior family court agreements in which the agreements were ambiguous to
Mismatched incentives in family court ordered marital home sales
Posted Friday, April 27th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I would not claim South Carolina Family Court
Posted Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I just finished a trial in which opposing counsel employed a counterstrategy I had never before encountered to a strategy she had suspected I would
Posted Thursday, March 29th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
Quite often in my practice I will meet with a parent, typically a mother, who has been under an order of supervised visitation for a
Taking 30(b)(6) depositions for family court cases
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Since few family court cases involve corporate or government agencies as witnesses or parties, family law attorneys rarely consider the benefits of noticing a deposition
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Though it might be legally relevant, I try to avoid having my clients focus on the bad behavior of their spouses that pre-date the marriage
Mischief potential in restraints against disposing of marital property
Posted Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Many family court attorneys routinely seek a restraining order at the beginning of a marital dissolution case against “disposing of, hiding, encumbering, or in any
Hold on pardner, where’s the fire?
Posted Thursday, March 1st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
One of the hardest tasks of family court client control is counseling clients to be patient when they want immediate results. This task is rarely
