Transmutation in an economic downturn
Posted Thursday, June 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Law and Culture, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In the time before housing prices collapsed it was easy to get many separating homeowners’ property divided. They would either sell their home and divide
Yet another reason for supporting spouses to offer lump sum alimony
Posted Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Permanent periodic alimony is one debt that may never end until the payor dies. Today’s Court of Appeal’s decision in Fiddie v. Fiddie, 384 S.C. 120, 681
Posted Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
One day I may post a blog describing my research on why the methods that South Carolina uses to collect back child support (sarcastically referred
Supreme Court decision reestablishes deference to family court judges’ credibility findings
Posted Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I have been eagerly awaiting today’s [June 15, 2009] South Carolina Supreme Court decision in McCrosson v. Tanenbaum, 383 S.C. 150, 679 S.E.2d 172 (2009). Not only
A legal education can be expensive
Posted Saturday, June 13th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I love contempt. See Enforcement (or Defending Enforcement) of Family Court Orders. Folks tend to forget (if they ever realized) that court orders aren’t simply
Posted Saturday, June 13th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Last week the New York Times ran a blog titled When Sex Leaves the Marriage. Practice family law for over fifteen years and you’ll witness
Court of Appeals renders first published post-Latimer decision on relocation
Posted Friday, June 12th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Our [South Carolina] Court of Appeals rarely prohibited a parent from relocating with a child (at least in the opinions it published) when our Supreme
Posted Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I spent the dying years of the “second wave feminism” movement living, through a dorm exchange, at Bryn Mawr College, one of the “Seven Sisters”
Are the new South Carolina pro se divorce forms a good idea?
Posted Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
On March 17, 2009 the South Carolina Supreme Court approved and adopted forms for unrepresented spouses to obtain divorces without the use of attorneys. Most
Court of Appeals provides guidance on alimony reduction in an economic downturn
Posted Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
As I have previously noted in Lump Sum Alimony, it is hard to offer clients guidance as to potential alimony reduction when they incur a
