When to file and when to continue negotiating without filing

Posted Thursday, April 27th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

I had a recent consult with a woman who was gung ho to file for divorce. In discussing her situation, I could not understand her

The best time to defeat a relocation case is before it’s filed

Posted Saturday, April 8th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

In my 20+ years of family law practice, I’ve yet to see a relocation case in which the requested relocation was solely for the child’s

The danger of rushing into custody agreements with the seriously mentally ill or substance abusing

Posted Saturday, April 1st, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation

Folks hire family law attorneys not only expecting to have their domestic disputes resolved, but expecting them to be resolved quickly and inexpensively. The method

Lessons from my first contested termination of parental rights prosecution trial

Posted Thursday, March 30th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

Last week I represented a mother and step-father in a contested termination of parental rights(TPR)/step-parent adoption case. I have been a licensed attorney for over

You don’t have to pretend to be perfect

Posted Thursday, March 30th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

A lot of family court litigants harm their cases because they don’t want to admit anything that makes them look bad. Confronted with such behavior

What’s so primo about primacy?

Posted Sunday, March 26th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

Folks will often contact my office with a desire to file a divorce or custody case immediately, “before the other side does.” Sometimes there is

Changes in the non-custodial parent’s income have a much bigger impact on child support than changes in the custodial parent’s income

Posted Monday, March 20th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific

Child support can be modified based upon a substantial change of circumstances. Common circumstances that justify a child support modification are when work-related child care

If you want peace, prepare for war

Posted Sunday, March 19th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

Clients often ask me, if the goal is to settle the case, why I ask them to gather substantial information or why I issue discovery

The unknown unknowns

Posted Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 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 known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we

Best practices in responding to requests for production

Posted Friday, February 17th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys

I spend a lot of time struggling to get opposing attorneys to fully respond to requests for production. Often it’s hard to tell if the

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