Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What rules are there for Father’s Right in NC?” When it comes to paternity, the law in North Carolina has been designed to favor married couples. Married couples benefit because when a child is born to a married couple,…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What are my custody rights if the other parent moves?” As anyone who has ever been through a divorce with children knows, custody is almost always the thorniest issue to be resolved. Though it can be difficult to reach…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” It’s just passed the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Obergefell case. In that case, the Court announced that same-sex marriage bans…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Does adultery affect my divorce case?” If you pay off your neutral custody arbitrator, allegedly manipulate police into investigating your ex-wife’s new beau, and try to get your ex-wife kicked out of the Catholic Church but still don’t get…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How does custody work if one parent moves internationally?” A federal judge in Knoxville, TN recently found himself grappling with a case unlike any other he had encountered previously. The judge was forced to decide whether an international custody…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” Custody is often among the most contentious aspects of a divorce proceeding and understandably so. Though property division can be acrimonious, nothing is as emotionally…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” The Tsimhoni family is back in the news again this month as the parents’ custody war wages onwards. Their case made international headlines last year…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Do I need an attorney to get a Divorce in North Carolina?” It’s not something that many people think about, but those who have dealt with it before understand just how complicated family law cases can be when…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “How is the amount of child support decided in North Carolina?” We generally assume that the responsibility for supporting children financially falls squarely on the biological parents, either directly or through child support payments. Stepparents are seen as…
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” It’s a common refrain among those in unhappy marriages: staying together for the sake of the kids is the right thing to do. Though it’s…