Posts Tagged ‘Alimony/Spousal Support’
Posted Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 by Gregory Forman
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The March 20, 2019, South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Sweeney v. Sweeney “establishes” something I had assumed was already well established: in setting alimony, the family court should consider investment income available to the parties. After all, the sixth alimony factor is “the current and reasonably anticipated earnings of both spouses.” S.C. Code Ann. […]
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Posted Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
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There’s a chart circulating amongst South Carolina family law attorneys that lists most of the published alimony opinions and has columns for the amount of alimony ordered, length of marriage, the spouses’ respective incomes and expenses, grounds for divorce, and other factors described in the alimony statute. My understanding is that family law attorneys look […]
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Posted Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
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The September 19, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Bojilov v. Bojilov, 425 S.C. 161 (S.C. App. 2018), doesn’t establish any novel legal issues but does highlight important recurring issues in South Carolina Family Law. Bojilov stems from a divorce, with the primary issues on appeal being child custody, Husband’s right to travel with the […]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Passports, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Sunday, September 30th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
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While there is nothing surprising in the September 19, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Smith v. Smith, 425 S.C. 119 (S.C. App. 2018), the decision addresses some novel issues of alimony and equitable distribution. Smith stems from a divorce action filed by Wife on December 27, 2013. For the previous five years Husband had […]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Distribution/Property Division, Roy T. Stuckey, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Transmutation
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Posted Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 by Gregory Forman
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The long strange journey of the Stoney appeal took another step on August 29, 2018 when the Court of Appeals issued its remanded opinion in Stoney v. Stoney, 425 S.C. 47, 819 S.E.2d 201 (Ct. App. 2018). Told by the Supreme Court to review the case on a de novo standard of review, and then told by […]
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Posted Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 by Gregory Forman
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My clients get sick of me harping on refining and corroborating their financial declarations before we file them. In the future I will direct them to the April 5, 2017 Court of Appeals opinion in Sweeney v. Sweeney, 420 S.C. 69, 800 S.E.2d 148 (Ct. App. 2017), and remind them how both parties were harmed […]
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Posted Saturday, November 26th, 2016 by Gregory Forman
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In the first twenty years of my practice it was rare that a party died in the middle of divorce litigation or within a few years of the divorce. The few times this happened there were obvious warning signs: either a history of serious mental illness including suicidal ideations, or addiction to dangerous narcotics–typically opiates. […]
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