Posts Tagged ‘Gregory Forman’
Posted Sunday, October 18th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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Rather than purchase a “starter home” (which I define as a modest first home one seeks to trade-up for as soon as one has moved in) my wife and I rented until we could afford a home we actually loved. However, rather than purchasing the nicest home we could afford, we chose to purchase the […]
Tags: Charleston, Charleston Post & Courier, Gregory Forman, Popular Culture, Real Estate
Posted in Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public | 2 Comments »
Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
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In December 2008, the South Carolina Supreme Court reestablished a second pilot mentoring program, in which all qualifying lawyers admitted to the Bar between March 1, 2009, and January 1, 2011 are required to have a mentor. Since I attribute much of my professional success to the numerous informal mentors early in my career [kudos to The Honorable […]
Tags: Attorneys/Lawyers, Conrad Falkiewicz, Gregory Forman, III, John Taylor, M. Dawes Cooke, Mentor, Nicholas Clekis, Robert Polk, Sally King-Gilreath, Susan Dunn, The Honorable Wayne Morris Creech, William J. Hamilton
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Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific
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The Chief Administrative Judge for the Charleston County Family Court, F.P. Segars-Andrews, has instituted mandatory mediation for all DSS abuse and neglect cases. Volunteers, such as myself, spend Friday mornings acting as mediators. I have mediated two abuse and neglect cases the past two weeks, with both reaching settlement, and will be volunteering one Friday […]
Tags: Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Social Services, F.P. Segars-Andrews, Gregory Forman, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution
Posted in Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Specific | 1 Comment »
Posted Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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Our Supreme Court is confused and conflicted on testimony at family court temporary hearings. Rule 21(b), SCRFC (a rule promulgated by the Supreme Court) states, “ [e]vidence received by the court at temporary hearings shall be confined to pleadings, affidavits, and financial declarations unless good cause is shown to the court why additional evidence or testimony may […]
Tags: Family Court Procedure, Gregory Forman, Guardian ad litem, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Motions for Temporary Relief
Posted in Child Custody, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific | 3 Comments »
Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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An appeal I handled for a local colleague, Douglas Barker, resulted in a published opinion today (July 29, 2009) from the Court of Appeals in Spreeuw v. Barker, 385 S.C. 45, 682 S.E.2d 843 (Ct. App. 2009). It represents a small, perhaps Pyrrhic, victory. Ms. Spreeuw did not prevail in a single issue in her […]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Custody Modification, Child Support, Child Support Modification, Gregory Forman, Guardian ad litem, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Posted in Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | No Comments »
Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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I just completed the five-day, 40-hour Family Court Mediation Training offered by the South Carolina bar and led by Mary Lowndes Bryan and C. Cotton Harness, III, both of whom were excellent instructors. Not only did the class explain and demonstrate the basics of providing mediation services in family court, it also offered lessons in […]
Tags: Cotton Harness, Gregory Forman, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution
Posted in Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific | No Comments »
Posted Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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One day I may post a blog describing my research on why the methods that South Carolina uses to collect back child support (sarcastically referred to as “Daddy Round-Ups”) are an improper use of the court’s civil contempt powers. However, even if the current uses of civil contempt to collect back child support are improper, I […]
Tags: Child Support, Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, Department of Social Services, Gregory Forman, Paternity, Popular Culture
Posted in Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public | 1 Comment »
