Has your child suddenly started behaving indifferently towards you or everyone from your side of the family? Have they started becoming mean to you without any valid reasons? You may be a victim of parental alienation, where your co-parent is manipulating the child...
Family Law
Enforcing a child support order
It can be frustrating to bear parental responsibilities alone while the other parent is unbothered about the child's needs. However, the law provides that both parents must be involved in discharging their parental duties. If the other parent is playing hardball and...
Stocks and divorce: To divide them or not?
Dividing stocks during your divorce can be tricky, but it can also be an excellent way to keep your situation financially viable. If you have no stocks but your spouse has thousands of dollars or more in stock options, then it may be time to look into obtaining some...
How can you find the best custody arrangements?
Divorcing when you have children means you have additional issues to sort out. One is how your child will split their time between you and their other parent. Creating a parenting plan can help bring focus to the issue. Otherwise, it is easy to make assumptions about...
3 ways to make a pending divorce easier on your children
Divorce can be so hard for children that physicians usually include parental divorce in their list of adverse childhood events that can affect psychological and physical development. Some loving parents will stay in an unhappy, toxic relationship for years just...
Putting yourself first after divorce can benefit your child
Social pressures can be overwhelming after giving birth. When other moms appear to sacrifice everything for their baby, you might feel guilty for finding the time to look after yourself. The same can happen after divorce. It can leave you feeling that you need to put...
Divorce mediation is packed full of benefits
Once you decide to divorce, you will then turn your attention to the process itself. While many people assume that litigation is their only option, this isn’t true. Mediation is one of the best ways to work through your divorce in an efficient and effective manner....
Frequent flyer miles could be divided in divorce, too
As someone who is going through a divorce, you know that you are entitled to at least some portion of your marital assets. North Carolina is an equitable distribution state, which means that you and your spouse should determine how to divide your assets fairly, not...
Will you need to pay child support through college?
You're getting divorced with a 15-year-old child. They still live at home and you're ordered to pay child support to help when you don't have custody. You're fine with it; you know that raising a child is expensive and you earn more than your ex.What you start...
What should you expect in family court?
When divorce becomes a reality, it is often unanticipated, especially by first-time spouses. You may be reeling, with little else to reference against your experience than movies about screaming parents and awkward relationships between stepchildren. But this was...