Do you feel like your child’s other parent is turning your kid against you? If so, your fears may be well founded, as parental alienation is a very real phenomena that impacts many parents across North Carolina. And the impact can devastate your parent-child...
When you get divorced, it can feel like winding down one part of your life story and starting over. However, afterward there are often court orders that keep you involved in each other’s lives, like child support and spousal support orders. Unfortunately, people...
North Carolina couples will have many issues to sift through as they seek to end their marriage and move forward with a divorce. Financially, alimony can be severely contentious as people strive to move on. There are specific factors that are assessed when the alimony...
Divorce can seem like closing a chapter, but as we all know, life finds a way to continue. When you have a divorce with children, even when the divorce is finalized, it is not actually over. You co-parent for the rest of your child’s lives. And, if you experienced a...
Co-parenting with a former spouse or partner in North Carolina can be rather challenging, even if you have a custody arrangement in place. It is often difficult for parents to trust that their child is being taken care of properly while with the other parent. While...
In North Carolina, children are a priority, particularly when the parents are in the middle of a divorce. The parents are expected to put their differences aside when it comes to caring for children. Child support orders are meant to fulfill the fundamental needs. A...
Property division can be a sticking point in many North Carolina divorces. This is true no matter the couple’s financial situation, how much they have accrued and what type of property they have. A common mistake people make is believing that marital property will...
In North Carolina, the legal father of a child has the same rights and responsibilities as the mother of the child. Fathers in North Carolina are on equal footing with mothers when it comes to child custody. A father can ask for, and get, legal custody of the child,...
Like other states, North Carolina has laws in place that are supposed to protect victims of domestic violence. There are criminal penalties, including jail time, for certain acts of domestic violence. Victims themselves can also seek a protective order. Many times,...
A do-it-yourself divorce might seem like a quick and easy way to end a marriage. The state of North Carolina even provides an online system where residents can file for divorce on their own. Recently, errors were discovered on some forms in this system that may...