What Harvey Milk taught me about Passover
Posted Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Passover, which this year starts at sundown on April 18th, is the celebration commemorating the Jews escape from slavery and Egypt into freedom and the
That’s one trend I won’t be following
Posted Monday, April 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
On February 7, 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court publicly reprimanded J. Cameron Halford for mishandling funds in his trust account. Today [April 11, 2011],
Venue in South Carolina family court
Posted Friday, April 8th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I’ve been getting asked a number of questions from local family court attorneys regarding venue (the county in which a case is properly heard) in family court.
Posted Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Continuing Legal Education, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific
A lecture I developed from a blog series, “Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know,” is now available here as part of the South
We ain’t a notice pleading state
Posted Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
A colleague of mine, whom I greatly admire but who will remain nameless, recently posted a blog defining a summons and complaint in which he
Why I no longer accept service of rules to show cause
Posted Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Yesterday two different attorneys asked me about accepting service on behalf of a client for rules to show cause. While I will routinely accept service
Court of Appeals clarifies remedies to sell marital home in face of one party’s intransigence
Posted Thursday, March 31st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Part of the family court’s goals in affecting an equitable distribution of separated spouses’ marital property is severing all entangling legal relationships and placing the
Mediation is an alternative to trial, not to litigation: avoid premature mediation
Posted Saturday, March 26th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There are some common issues that lead to mediations failing to resolve family court disputes. One common problem is when one or both parties to
Posted Saturday, March 26th, 2011 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel The South Carolina Court of Appeals filed what I consider to be an important unpublished family court opinion which,
Pulled inexorably into disaster
Posted Friday, March 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
Life is competitive–survival-of-the-fittest and such–and lawyers are among the more competitive life forms. We don’t like to lose and we especially don’t like to lose
