Posted Monday, July 18th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, 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
In SCDSS v. M. R. C. L., 393 S.C. 387, 712 S.E.2d 452 (2011), it took the South Carolina Supreme Court less than a year to
Fussing at clients so the family court judge won’t
Posted Saturday, July 9th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Often my family court clients complain that I am not “taking [their] side” because I fuss at them regarding their behaviors. These clients are accurate
Posted Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Humor?, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
A lawyer got married to a woman who had previously been married twelve times. On their wedding night they settle into the bridal suite at their
Ending the alimony guessing game
Posted Monday, July 4th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
An editorial in today’s New York Times, Ending the alimony guessing game, by Alexandra Harwin, a 2011 Yale Law School graduate, highlights New York State’s
Dan Savage on the virtues of infidelity
Posted Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
An interesting piece in tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Magazine, Married, with Infidelities, highlights my favorite relationship advice columnist, Dan Savage, and his views on
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent?
Posted Thursday, June 30th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
Does looking at online pornography make you an unfit parent? At least one local family court judge seems to think so. I had a motion
Disloyal collegiality in the prosecution and non prosecution of motions to compel
Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina attorneys are expected to be collegial. Part of that collegiality is a reluctance to file motions to compel discovery responses and a frequent
Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The June 29, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Wannamaker v. Wannamaker, 395 S.C. 592, 719 S.E.2d 261 (Ct. App. 2011) (refiled August 11, 2011 with a
Verifying interrogatory answers
Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I prosecuted a motion to compel recently against an experienced attorney. One of the things I wanted his client compelled to do was verify the
Free Ethics CLE August 12, 2011
Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Charlie Tex Davis, staff attorney for the South Carolina Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), is one of my favorite ethics speakers. He explains in clear
