Pet peeve: attorneys who value their time more than your time
Posted Friday, October 4th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A pet peeve of mine, for which I am getting increasingly peevish, is attorneys who set office procedures that value their time more than their
Generating avenues for trial evidence from an opposing party’s discovery
Posted Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Discovery, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
While most discovery requests are routine or boilerplate, some discovery requests can offer insight into the opposing party’s thinking. Such discovery requests provide fodder for
Drafting passport provisions for Child Custody Agreements
Posted Friday, August 23rd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
As foreign travel has gotten easier and my client base has gotten wealthier, more of my clients need their child custody agreements to address passports
“Get Married” contrasted with “You’ll Do”: two recent books about marriage
Posted Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
For both professional reasons [family law attorney for 30 years] and personal reasons [husband for 34 years], I find the sociology of marriage a fascinating
What Challengers gets right about modern marriage
Posted Friday, April 26th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Book, Film or Music Reviews, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Before I started law school, I was one of two film reviewers for what is now the Philadelphia Weekly. My wife’s and my first date[1]
Feature in International Business Times on Navigating Marital Challenges
Posted Friday, March 8th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A recent blog I wrote on consulting an individual counselor before consulting a divorce lawyer generated interest in the International Business Times, resulting in a
Consider seeking judicial notice of what occurs in court
Posted Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
If more family law attorneys handled appeals they would likely consider using judicial notice during their trials. Judicial notice can be used to draw the
See an individual counselor before you see a divorce lawyer
Posted Friday, February 16th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
As an attorney, I am a “counselor at law.” Some unhappily married folks who sit across my desk, contemplating and discussing the end of their
“Fuck around and find out” in family court
Posted Thursday, February 15th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants
I try to avoid vulgarity on my website but the Gen-Z slang “fuck around and find out” is so evocative and applicable to many family
No one enjoys answering discovery—still don’t fight your attorney on responding to it
Posted Friday, February 9th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants
One of the least pleasant tasks in any litigation is responding to discovery. Little of what is produced in responding to discovery actually gets used
