Assuming that you and your co-parent both recognize that neither of you should have to shoulder the back-to-school costs for the kids alone, it’s time to have a conversation or two about how to handle the upcoming school year. Here are a few things you and your...
Many couples in North Carolina make big commitments to one another without ever getting married. It is quite common for young couples to have children or buy real estate with one another without actually committing to marriage. They may then face challenges addressing...
Marriage requires a lot of commitment and sharing to work. Combining your resources and taking responsibility for one another opens you up to risk in a financial and legal sense. Occasionally, people who are already married recognize that they need some kind of...
Premarital agreements are excellent tools to help you and your future spouse protect yourselves. There are several different items that you can include in these agreements, including information on your work, family property, separate property and marital...
Grandparents play an important role in many extended family units. They can help provide low-cost or emergency childcare support for their children, which gives them time with their grandchildren. They can provide financial resources for parents still struggling to...
Prenuptial agreements used to be regarded pretty negatively, but they’ve become increasingly accepted and downright common – except you didn’t get one. Maybe you were married before social attitudes about prenups started changing or maybe you simply felt too...
When you have a custody plan that works, the last thing you want to do is change it in a way that makes life more difficult for you. That's why you were so surprised when your ex-spouse decided to ask for modification. Right now, you both share custody almost equally....
If you are told that you’re the father of a child, you may not be sure that you are right away. You may not think that dates line up right for you to be the father or that the child doesn’t look like you enough to be. Regardless of why you have concerns, it’s a good...
When you’re raising a child as two separated or divorced parents, you have to be able to co-parent effectively. If you don’t find ways to work together, you may find that your child acts very differently in each home and is having trouble adapting to the various...
If one item causes more divorce disputes than any others, it is the family home. For most couples, this is the most costly item they own. Therefore they assume they need to fight hard to keep. The best way to view the family home is as a piece of the overall equation....