Shameless plug for Co-Mediation CLE
Posted Monday, September 22nd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
My better half, Karen Klickstein-Forman, and I will be presenting on The Benefits of Co-Mediation for Family Court as part of the Mediation and Meeting
Mediator full employment act hits the tri-county area
Posted Thursday, March 21st, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
News today from the South Carolina Judicial Department announced a March 14, 2013 Supreme Court order making Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties subject to mandatory
The feminization of family law
Posted Saturday, August 25th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Two generations ago there were few woman lawyers. The early career paths of our first female Supreme Court Justices, Sandra Day O’Connor (Stanford 1952) and
Advanced Family Law Mediation Training
Posted Friday, July 13th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
As one of my tasks for the board of the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston (MMCC), I have organized an advanced family law mediation
New Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston website
Posted Monday, July 2nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston (MMCC), whose board I joined earlier this year, has a new and improved website. The updated website
Posted Sunday, July 1st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I conducted a mediation last week in which, with quite a bit of more arm twisting of both parties, I suspect I might have been
Should child custody be revisited every few years?
Posted Monday, May 21st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There was a thoughtful Op-Ed piece in the May 20, 2012 New York Times titled “In Whose Best Interests?” by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family
Recent amendments to the ADR Rules – “Early Neutral Evaluation”
Posted Saturday, May 5th, 2012 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
From guest blogger: Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services If you have not had the time to review them, on April 30, 2012, we received
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
Rethinking my opposition to family court arbitration
Posted Saturday, October 1st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
For a few years my friend and colleague, Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services, LLC, has been encouraging me to rethink my opposition to
