by Angela McIlveen | Jun 3, 2014 | Alimony, Divorce
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...
by Angela McIlveen | Feb 15, 2012 | Divorce
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...
by Angela McIlveen | Feb 15, 2012 | Child Custody
Men ask me frequently if women have an advantage in NC custody cases. These men are 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...
by Angela McIlveen | Feb 15, 2012 | Child Support
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...
by Angela McIlveen | Jan 19, 2012 | Divorce
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...
