According to the Charlotte Observer and the Associated Press, bankruptcy filings in 2009 numbered 1.4 million and are up 32% nationwide. These tough economic times cannot help but make divorce cases, which can be very difficult when times are good, all the more difficult to manage, settle and take to…
Although families are certainly feeling the impact of a recent downward turn in the economy, nationwide trends indicate that those parents who are paying child support are being hit the hardest. In most cases in North Carolina, child support is calculated using a formula. One of the most important variables…
As we have discussed here before (In the Battle of the Fit Parents, Breadwinning Moms are Losing Child Custody), more working mothers are losing custody of their children. With these bad economic times, it is reasonable to anticipate that more and more people, moms and dads alike, are falling behind…
Recently, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Social Services announced that the state will no longer be responsible for collecting child support payments from delinquent parties. In most North Carolina cases, child support is calculated according to the Child Support Guidelines. In the past, child support…
A very common misconception regarding child custody stems from a real legal doctrine that was recognized by courts in the not-so-distant past: the tender years presumption. Under this judicial doctrine, a child of a “tender age” – typically, seven years old or younger – is presumed to need to stay…