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Pro se litigants are people who represent themselves in legal proceedings. A few weeks ago, I witnessed the best performance by a pro se litigant that I have ever seen. This pro se litigant was in District Court taking on her ex-husband and his attorney in a temporary child support hearing.  For a person with […]

Digital assets are items of property stored in a digital or binary format. Examples of digital assets are iTunes music accounts or Kindle eBooks. There are also airline miles and credit card rewards points. When a couple goes through a divorce, divvying up the digital assets poses more than a few issues. Identifying the Digital […]

Researchers in Israel have recently found that fatigue undermines the ability to handle your emotions, and keep your feelings in check.  In other words, being tired can really make you act differently than you would if you had received a sufficient amount of sleep.  In the study, scientists hooked study subjects up to brain scanners […]

So it turns out the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data breach reported earlier this year has actually resulted in the exposure of over 340,000 social security numbers and dates of birth.  That is more than double the 140,000 number the IRS calculated earlier in May.  What kind of security system are they using? (And what […]

We all know that cheating is wrong.  Usually the victim of infidelity, and the culprit can both agree on that.  But what of the impact of infidelity on the workplace?  As it turns out, cheaters don’t just break hearts.  They break the bank. A recent study found that cheating results in lowered productivity on the […]

I recently read an interesting article in the September 21, 2015 edition of Time magazine titled “Is Monogamy Over?”  The author, an evolutionary biologist suggested that the answer is no, but stated that due to human urges and underlying evolutionary characteristics such as competition, monogamy was somewhat unnatural.  I hear much of the same from […]

When I first meet my clients, most of them have no experience with the legal system.  If they do, it was for a speeding ticket which they either immediately paid, or had an attorney handle quickly.  Moreover, on many occasions, I have represented clients whose only experience with the court system is from what they […]

With the evolving and changing nature of relationships, many couples are beginning to look at the legal implications of living together long-term, without getting married.  To protect their acquired assets, some couples are turning to cohabitation agreements.  I was recently asked about these agreements, their enforceability in North Carolina, and how disputes under cohabitation agreements […]

As an attorney, I spend a lot of time in court.  When I arrive at the courthouse, I notice immediately that many people are not dressed appropriately.  It’s not just one demographic, or age, or race.  Across the board, many people who enter our courthouse do so unsuitably, and often at their own peril. Make […]

When it comes to the dissolution of a marriage, I get the following inquiry all of the time.  I have been married to my spouse for just a short time.  Things are not working out at all.  Can I get an annulment?  In most cases, my answer is, it depends.  I need more information than […]