More thoughts on the election of judges
Posted Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Shortly after the South Carolina Supreme Court rejected Judge Segars-Andrews’ appeal seeking to overturn the decision of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission that she was
Posted Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Law and Culture, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
The first in a series on Child Protective Services in South Carolina was published in today’s Charleston Post & Courier: State of Abuse. This initial
Posted Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 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
Very early in my career I handled my first contested custody case which resulted in my client, a young medical student, obtaining custody of his
The attorneys or clients who cry wolf
Posted Friday, May 21st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In Aesop’s fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” a shepherd boy entertains himself by repeatedly pretending a wolf is attacking his sheep. Each time
The picayune distinction between amended and supplemental pleadings
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Are there other family law attorneys out there who file supplemental pleadings? In my sixteen plus years of family court practice, I can’t recall any.
New Frequently Asked Questions
Posted Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The ability to easily add pages to my web site combined with the increasing understanding that many clients and potential clients ask me similar questions
Posted Monday, May 17th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, United States Supreme Court Decisions
In today’s 6-3 decision in the case of Abbott v. Abbott, 130 S.Ct. 1983 (2010) the United States Supreme Court decided that a non-custodial parent’s ne
Posted Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
In representing parents who are unreasonably resistant to the other parent’s relationship with the child, I often feel like I am performing surgery on suicides,
Posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Very interesting oped piece in today’s New York Times by its token conservative columnist Russ Douthat, Red Family, Blue Family. It uncannily describes what I observe
Posted Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A spouse or parent walks into an attorney’s office with a “relationship” problem: he isn’t getting along with his wife and wants out of the
