Court of Appeals opinion clarifies transmutation and adultery’s bar to alimony
Posted Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The August 4, 2010 South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion in Pruitt v. Pruitt, 389 S.C. 250, 697 S.E.2d 702 (Ct. App. 2010), covers numerous issues, a
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
Yesterday’s Court of Appeals opinion in Bennett v. Rector, 389 S.C. 274, 697 S.E.2d 715 (Ct.App. 2010), provides further guidance on imputation of income in
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Early in my career I would treat any outlandish allegation an opposing counsel would make regarding my client as serious. Upon being informed via telephone
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Humor?, Law and Culture, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Today the South Carolina Supreme Court, at the request of our state bar, promulgated new rules requiring all attorneys and judges to attend one hour
Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation
Posted Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Visitation
When I first started practicing family law I would encounter a number of visitation enforcement hearings in which the custodial parent tried to excuse his
Posted Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The July 28, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in High v. High, 389 S.C. 226, 697 S.E.2d 690 (Ct. App. 2010) presents little new analysis of
Posted Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific, Visitation
“The presumption that a child born in wedlock is legitimate, although rebuttable, is one of the strongest known in the law.” Lewter by Epps v. Thompson,
Posted Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
My first year of law school the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Deshaney v. Winnebago Cty. Soc. Servs. Dept., 489 U.S. 189
Court of Appeals affirms biased eyewitness testimony insufficient to prove adultery
Posted Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Divorce and Marriage, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
The July 24, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Kennedy v. Kennedy, 389 S.C. 494, 699 S.E.2d 184 (Ct. App. 2010) provides some guidance on proof of adultery,
Will the Recent Changes to the Abuse and Neglect Statute Make These Cases Harder to Settle?
Posted Sunday, July 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Guardians Ad Litem, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
I received an email from a recently licensed attorney noting a previous blog and asking whether I thought she, as the guardian ad litem in
