I’m the attorney; not the babysitter
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
I had an opposing attorney call me this morning asking if my client’s plans had changed since yesterday. When we confirmed her plans the previous
Oral argument on April 7th: come see me crash and burn?
Posted Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I’ve been handling appeals since I graduated law school, including drafting two appeal briefs in 1991 before being sworn in as a member of the
(Don’t) throw me in the briar patch
Posted Saturday, March 19th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
It’s a shame that Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus books are considered racist nowadays due to their trickster tales and use of plantation-era African American
Revealing or shielding a family court attorney’s itemized statement of time spent
Posted Saturday, March 19th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
An attorney’s itemized statement of time spent on a case can be a valuable piece of information for an opposing party and that party’s attorney.
Posted Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Smallwood v. Smallwood, 392 S.C. 574, 709 S.E.2d 543 (Ct.App.,2011), reversed the family court’s finding that Husband’s pre-marital
Posted Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The March 16, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Biggins v. Burdette, 392 S.C. 241, 708 S.E.2d 237 (Ct.App. 2011), continues the trend of the South Carolina
Counseling a client to disobey a court order
Posted Friday, March 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific
I conducted a court-ordered mediation today in which one of the parties failed to show up. This party’s counsel explained she had told her client
He had a dream: This wasn’t it
Posted Thursday, March 10th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Martin Luther King had a dream “that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by
Directed verdicts in South Carolina Family Court
Posted Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
The past few years a number of attorneys have complained to me about being granted or denied a motion for a directed verdict in family
Mexican standoff: South Carolina Family Court version
Posted Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Divorce and Marriage, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
My client, the wife, was caught in flagrant adultery. Husband filed for divorce and filed a motion for temporary relief seeking custody of the children
