Posted Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I am not one of those lucky souls who can speak extemporaneously in perfectly coherent paragraphs. Thus, when conducting cross-examinations, I am not surprised when
Posted Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 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
A few months ago I blogged on the concept that a child’s minority only lasts for 216 months and that the number of months of
Posted Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The Court of Appeals’ decision in South Carolina Department of Social Services v. C.H., L.K., T.M. and D.M., 386 S.C. 58, 685 S.E.2d 835 (2009), reversed the
How to deal with the witness who, on cross-examination, loses the ability to answer questions
Posted Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
One of the things I am enjoying about mentoring newly-licensed attorneys is the opportunity to share little tips on how to deal with common litigation
Emergency hearings versus expedited hearings
Posted Friday, October 23rd, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Unlike a number of my family law brethren, I seek few emergency hearings; unlike almost all of my family law brethren, I seek many expedited
Posted Sunday, October 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Just this month, one of my local family law colleagues was placed on interim suspension by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Not only did this
Posted Sunday, October 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Rather than purchase a “starter home” (which I define as a modest first home one seeks to trade-up for as soon as one has moved
Mentoring newly licensed attorneys
Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
In December 2008, the South Carolina Supreme Court reestablished a second pilot mentoring program, in which all qualifying lawyers admitted to the Bar between March 1,
Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
The Chief Administrative Judge for the Charleston County Family Court, F.P. Segars-Andrews, has instituted mandatory mediation for all DSS abuse and neglect cases. Volunteers, such
Religious hypocrisy is not “family values” hypocrisy
Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Though I am not very religiously observant I find it disturbing that our culture considers religious men (or women) who act less than virtuous to
