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1. Respect: Our firm prides itself on being respectful to each other in the office, to our clients, to opposing parties, to opposing counsel and to people outside of the office. It is always important to be respectful to everyone because people will remember you and will be more likely to work with you in […]

Now that summer is approaching here are 5 great recipes to dishes to you must try!   Strawberry Bread This recipe gives you a great way to use strawberries in a different way over the summer. Plus it makes for a great breakfast or snack! Ingredients: 1/2 C. butter or margarine or solid white vegetable […]

Have you been separated from your spouse for over one year? Have you lived in North Carolina for the past six months? Do you plan to waive alimony and property/debt issues? If your answer to all of these question is “yes”, then you qualify for an absolute divorce! Also, to get an absolute divorce you […]

Many of my clients come to me with very unique stories and situations. Whether there is a complex property division or a heated argument about custody, there are some questions that seem to come about on a regular occasion which have nothing to do with the property or the children exactly. Rather, I find that […]

On a regular basis, I hear from my clients the scenario that one of the spouses is staying at home for any number of reasons. It could be that the recession of 2008 hit the family pretty badly and one spouse lost his or her job. It could be that employer of one of the […]

In Pulliam v. Smith, 348 N.C. 616, 501 S.E.2d 898 (1998), the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the homosexual parent is entitled to the same consideration as the heterosexual parent in decisions on custody and visitation. A parent’s homosexuality by itself should not be an issue unless it can be demonstrated that the child will […]

I get asked this question all the time by men trying to figure out whether or not the judge is going to give their wife preferred treatment in a child custody trial and my answer is sometimes but not for the reason you think. The judges in our area are not pro mom at least […]

If you have been laid off from your job or you have changed jobs and you now make less than you did when your child support payments were set, you may be able to ask the court to lower your payments. In N.C. child support payments can always be changed regardless of whether you are paying under […]

Divorce from bed and board is a fault based divorce that really isn’t a divorce at all but rather is a legal separation. Normally, a complaint for divorce from bed and board is brought when both parties are still living together and one party is having an affair, abusive, or using drugs and the innocent […]

Common law marriage takes the place of a legal marriage ceremony which requires a marriage license by allowing couple to become married after they have lived together for a certain period of time. NC does not have common law marriage.