Be careful what your client vouches for
Posted Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Most attorneys know that their clients’ own affidavit(s) can be used against them at trial as an admission of a party opponent. SCRE 801(d)(2)(A). However,
Court of Appeals affirms family court on which QDRO plan to use
Posted Thursday, August 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The August 10, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Keefer v. Keefer involved a dispute between which of two Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) plans
Court of Appeals custody opinion is all kinds of crazy
Posted Thursday, August 11th, 2011 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
Generally, the South Carolina Court of Appeals does not issue published opinions Per Curiam. Perhaps it did so for the August 10, 2011 opinion
Posted Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Continuing today’s theme of gifts from benevolent domestic litigation deities is the issue of overly vitriolic affidavits for temporary hearings in marital dissolution cases. When
The child custody interrogatory that often reveals more than it should
Posted Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 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
It’s typically hard to get useful information from child custody interrogatories. One question that often reveals more than it should is “Is there anything about
Posted Saturday, August 6th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Folks who know me well know I enjoy teaching new lawyers. Given the frequent procedural, ethical and strategic questions such lawyers bring to me, I
Stipulating to family court discovery
Posted Friday, August 5th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Unlike circuit court, there in no automatic discovery in South Carolina’s family court. See Rule 25, SCRFC. Most of the time, discovery is ordered at the
At least he got the laptop back
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
N.B., the Court of Appeals opinion in Pittman v. Pittman was subsequently refiled with a different analysis on the transmutation issue. See Rearranging the deck chairs Thomas
In pro se appeal, Supreme Court offers guidance on forms of and sanctions for contempt
Posted Monday, August 1st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Members of the family court bar should thank pro se litigant Brian DiMarco for taking his appeal all the way to the South Carolina Supreme
Posted Friday, July 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
If one doesn’t begin one’s family law career with a manic-depressive temperament, one is likely to retire with one. Because family court judges are invested
