FAMILY LAW BLOG
Moving Kids Out of State Divorce
Moving Kids Out of State Divorce Ramifications: The desire to move your child out of North Carolina to a state where you have friends and family during a divorce is understandable. Divorce can often make you feel isolated, and it is important to have support during...
Military: Preserving Parental Rights
Serving in the military poses significant problems for married couples when a spouse is deployed and they cannot control orders that require frequent relocations. When you are divorced, the problems can expand, especially when your ex-spouse is unsupportive of your...
Adult Adoptions
Adult adoptions are easier and less expensive than adoptions of children. Adults are primarily adopted to ensure inheritance, formalize relationships between adult child and stepparent, and to form family ties. Reasons Adults are Adopted Some of the primary reasons...
Alimony in North Carolina
In North Carolina, Alimony is typically ordered If one spouse is dependent on the other spouse to pay the marital expenses, the dependent spouse has a need for support after the parties separate, and the supporting spouse is able to pay the support. Alimony is...
Underage Marriage
Underage Marriage: How Young is Too Young? Individuals who are eighteen or older do not need consent from anyone else to marry in North Carolina. Individuals who are under age 18 may marry if they satisfy the requirements indicated below. Child Marriage or Underage...
Changing Your Name after Marriage
Changing Your Name After Marriage is a Choice Changing your name is optional. You are allowed to keep your old name, change your name to your spouse's name, or to hyphenate your old and new names. It is your decision whether to change your name or not but it is a good...
Stepparent Adoption
When a child is adopted, their ties to their prior parents are severed with one exception. Stepparent adoption only severs the relationship with the parent that the stepparent is not married to at the time of the adoption. NC Requirements Stepparent Adoption The...
Nesting Custody Arrangements
Why Do Some Parents Choose Nesting Custody Arrangements? Packing, unpacking, missing homework left at Dad's or Mom's—frustrated friends who don't know where they are, and, being too far away to participate in fun weekend activities are issues children of divorced...
Child Support
At one time, child support enforcement was lax. Noncustodial parents, mostly fathers who were disparagingly referred to as "Deadbeat Dads," could cross state lines and escape the enforcement efforts of the state that ordered them to pay to support their children. The...
Domestic Violence Impacts Children
If you are in immediate danger, call 911. National Abuse Hotline 1-800-799-7233 (TTY) 1-800-787-3224 Llama: 1-800-799- Parents often stay in an abusive relationship because they think keeping the family together is better for the children and they...