Posted Friday, January 20th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public
I sometimes think there is some hidden law titled, “The South Carolina Family Law Attorney Full Employment Act,” which requires family court judges to issue
The Citadel sexual abuse cover up(s)
Posted Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct
I find myself in an awkward position in which my friend, Charleston Post & Courier reporter Glenn Smith, is investigating and writing about a colleague
The custody witness few ever think to call
Posted Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 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
There are lots of obvious witnesses in a custody case: the child’s teachers; the child’s coaches; the child’s mental health professionals; the parents of the
What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering
Posted Sunday, November 20th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Interesting article in today's New York Times, What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering, describing what’s wrong with law school methodology and how law students graduate lacking
Posted Friday, November 18th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Miscellaneous, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
I opened my law practice exactly eighteen years ago today. Unlike many of the young attorneys I admire, such as Jenny Moser, T. Ryan Phillips or
Posted Friday, November 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
From a purely pragmatic viewpoint a “successful” life for a sexually reproducing creature is merely having more than two offspring survive to reproductive age. From
Thinking about Pareto optimization as a tool to achieve settlement
Posted Friday, November 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
Few math majors go into law and those who do rarely go into family law. I’m one of the rare family law attorneys who often
Sheila R. appeal provides classic example of how to lose custody by undermining the other parent
Posted Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
A too sizable portion of my practice time is spent counseling custodial parents (typically mothers) not to undermine the other parent. While part of my
Another reason to love South Carolina
Posted Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Humor?, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
Yesterday one of the emails from the South Carolina Judicial Department noted a CDR (Criminal Docket Report) code had been added for the offense of
Posted Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Department of Social Services/Child Abuse and Neglect, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
In the September 21, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion of South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Mary C., 396 S.C. 15, 720 S.E.2d 503 (Ct. App.
