Posted Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
Many family law attorneys I know have mixed feelings about the outcome of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. State and federal laws make it more
Seeking protective orders for private investigator information
Posted Friday, July 19th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Since adultery is often a bar to alimony in South Carolina, family law attorneys here frequently employ private investigators (PIs). However, even when such PIs
Posted Friday, July 12th, 2013 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
Sometimes, in contested custody cases, parents seek more time with the children than they actually want or can realistically handle. The motivation can be malevolent:
United States Supreme Court on the left side of history in two rulings on gay marriage
Posted Thursday, June 27th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, United States Supreme Court Decisions
To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention, the June 26, 2013 United States Supreme Court opinions in the cases of United
United States Supreme Court reverses on South Carolina Indian Adoption case
Posted Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Audience:, Child Support, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, United States Supreme Court Decisions
In a highly anticipated case that generated much local notoriety, and in which some of my friends and colleagues participated, the United States Supreme Court
Posted Friday, April 26th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I consider myself lucky to have seen P!nk for the second time last month in Charlotte, this time from the center of the VIP mosh
Will your adult children dread visiting you?
Posted Thursday, March 28th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I attended a hearing yesterday in which two seemingly caring parents of teenagers were, perhaps unwittingly, doing their best to destroy the other’s relationship with
Renegotiating with litigants who won’t obey their previous court-approved agreements
Posted Friday, March 22nd, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Folks who refuse to comply with their court-approved agreements but then ask you to renegotiate those agreements to make them more to their liking are
When abuse and neglect and private custody cases overlap
Posted Thursday, March 21st, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Court Procedure, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Not infrequently a claim of abuse or neglect against one parent will lead another parent to seek custody. Other times a private custody case will
Posted Friday, March 8th, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
It’s dress up Friday at my daughter’s magnet school, in which students can ditch uniforms and come as their favorite novel character. My daughter’s dressing
