The difference between a guardian investigating and a guardian recommending
Posted Monday, October 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Guardians Ad Litem, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A few weeks ago I was appointed guardian in a private case. An attorney for one of the parents, who had never worked with me
Posted Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
As you may have noticed from today’s post from Barry Knobel, my web site is open to guest bloggers. It’s a win-win situation: guest blogs
Posted Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Materials prepared by Barry W. Knobel of Knobel Mediation Services, LLC for South Carolina Bar Hot Tips From the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, October 1, 2010
Maybe we’re stretching the definition of adultery a bit too far?
Posted Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I married a few years before I moved to South Carolina or began practicing family law. When I married I thought I had a workable
Posted Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights, Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Note: this decision was later reversed by the South Carolina Supreme Court. See, Supreme Court grants termination of parental rights, finding mother’s failure to support
Posted Thursday, September 16th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Divorce and Marriage, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
South Carolina law allows spouses to obtain a divorce when they “have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of one year.” S.C.
Seeking paternity testing and joint custody
Posted Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 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, Paternity
While nothing in the law prohibits it explicitly, I’ve never understood how attorneys can counsel their male clients to demand DNA paternity testing, especially for
I thought I was “taking one for the team”
Posted Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
For a family law attorney, having sexual relations with a client’s spouse is probably the height of (over)zealous advocacy (assuming that the spouse is the
Bill James, American exceptionalism, and a sense of perspective and vigilance
Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Sabermetric guru Bill James is one of my favorite writers and one of my fantasy dinner guests. Recently he’s turned his attention to the history
Court ordered sibling visitation in South Carolina
Posted Sunday, September 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Visitation
One of the more recent additions to the South Carolina jurisdictional code regarding children and family court, § 63-3-530, is subsection 44, which allows the
