Tips for drafting a response to your first grievance
Posted Friday, March 30th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific
An attorney I am informally mentoring just received her first letter from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (OCD). As everyone in family law knows, grievances
Posted Thursday, March 29th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
Quite often in my practice I will meet with a parent, typically a mother, who has been under an order of supervised visitation for a
Taking 30(b)(6) depositions for family court cases
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Since few family court cases involve corporate or government agencies as witnesses or parties, family law attorneys rarely consider the benefits of noticing a deposition
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Though it might be legally relevant, I try to avoid having my clients focus on the bad behavior of their spouses that pre-date the marriage
Mischief potential in restraints against disposing of marital property
Posted Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Many family court attorneys routinely seek a restraining order at the beginning of a marital dissolution case against “disposing of, hiding, encumbering, or in any
Posted Friday, March 16th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Jurisdiction, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
In the March 16, 2012 opinion in Anthony H. v. Matthew G.,397 S.C. 447, 725 S.E.2d 132 (Ct. App. 2012) the Court of Appeals held
Posted Thursday, March 15th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
I have a long-held intellectual fascination with South Carolina’s sibling visitation statute, S.C. Code § 63-3-530(A)(44), so much so that I wrote a blog with
When you are your own attorney
Posted Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 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 quote I often hear ascribed to the incomparable Gedney M. Howe, III (though I have never actually heard him say it) is: When you
Caught in a circular firing squad
Posted Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Guardians Ad Litem, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I have increasingly come to the conclusion that being a guardian ad litem in South Carolina for private custody cases is an impossible task if
Did the attorney believe in my case?
Posted Saturday, March 10th, 2012 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 colleague of mine recently blogged about “How to Find the Right Divorce Attorney for You.” Among the checklist of questions the prospective client was
