On the wrong side of history again
Posted Friday, October 10th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Bowing to the inevitable, North Carolina has authorized same sex marriage, leaving South Carolina the last remaining state of the Fourth Circuit to bar such
We could have been more progressive than West Virginia…but no!
Posted Friday, October 10th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Yesterday, October 9, 2014, in an order from State ex rel. Wilson v. Condon, 410 S.C. 331, 764 S.E.2d 247 (2014), the South Carolina Supreme Court issued
South Carolina likely to be compelled to allow same sex marriage
Posted Monday, October 6th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific, United States Supreme Court Decisions
Today the United States Supreme Court decided to let stand a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision finding Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional.
The Benefits of Co-Mediation in Family Court
Posted Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Karen Klickstein-Forman and I spoke today for the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston on The Benefits of Co-Mediation in Family Court. Karen drafted the
Posted Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Audience:, Divorce and Marriage, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
On October 1, 2014, and for a second time, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has issued a revised published opinion in the case of
Posted Monday, September 29th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Eight weeks after the Court of Appeals affirmed a family court finding that South Carolina’s adoption statute required strict compliance with statutory consent requirements in
Shameless plug for Co-Mediation CLE
Posted Monday, September 22nd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
My better half, Karen Klickstein-Forman, and I will be presenting on The Benefits of Co-Mediation for Family Court as part of the Mediation and Meeting
Remedies for the evasive deposition witness
Posted Thursday, September 18th, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Few areas of litigation practice are more frustrating than deposing an evasive, hostile or obnoxious witness. In the courtroom setting, a witness who acts these
Court of Appeals highly critical of Charleston County’s Abuse and Neglect proceedings’ procedures
Posted Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The September 3, 2014 Court of Appeals decision in SCDSS v. Hogan, 410 S.C. 120, 763 S.E.2d 219 (Ct. App. 2014), is highly critical of the method
Checklist of questions whose answers can derail a custody or visitation case
Posted Friday, August 29th, 2014 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, Visitation
I tried a custody case last month in which I learned a few weeks prior to trial that my client was using marijuana approximately once
