Posted Sunday, February 28th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Sigmund Freud spent much of his career seeking an answer to the question “Was will das Weib?” (translation “What does a woman want?”). As a
Why the delay between the Sanfords’ divorce hearing and the divorce?
Posted Saturday, February 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Under S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-80, titled Required delays before reference and final decree; exceptions, South Carolina law sets specific waiting periods before the court
In South Carolina, juveniles can legally consume alcohol in their parents’ home
Posted Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Few of the family law attorneys I know are aware of S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-2460, which states: No provision of law prohibiting the use
The perils of inaccurate (or no) financial declarations in family court
Posted Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Family Court Procedure, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
For any family court trial involving alimony or attorney’s fees, and for most trials involving child support or support enforcement, an accurate financial declaration is
South Carolina’s alimony lottery
Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
I had a recent phone conference with a New Jersey attorney as we discussed the advantages of disadvantages of fighting an alimony case in South
Posted Thursday, February 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Law and Culture, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Interesting op-ed piece by Ruth Bettelheim, a marriage and family therapist, in today’s New York Times criticizing the way child custody cases are handled forty years after
Grandparent child support responsibility when their minor children have children
Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
A legal argument I have often made (never successfully) and would love to eventually appeal is whether a parent’s legal obligation to support his or
South Carolina Appellate Courts continue to reward indefinite pleading
Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I applauded when the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued its 2008 opinion in Camp v. Camp, 378 S.C. 237, 662 S.E.2d 458 (Ct. App. 2008) dismissing
Should fathers of children born out-of-wedlock have rights and obligations towards those children?
Posted Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity
The goal of this blog is not to offend but merely to establish the following three points about the current system in which fathers of
Getting the Child Heard lecture
Posted Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Continuing Legal Education, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
My materials for a February 9, 2010 National Business Institute lecture on Advance Family Law are available here: Getting the Child Heard
