Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can I sue someone for breaking up my marriage?” Many people have heard about common-law marriage, believing incorrectly that if you only live with a person for a certain number of years you can become legally married despite never…
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New Jersey Court Says Divorce Not Grounds For Termination
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?” Going through a divorce can be a difficult time for most people. You’re faced with the dissolution of your marriage, the division of your property and…
How Do Introverts Handle Divorce Differently?
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?” Several recent articles and blogs have highlighted a topic that many divorce attorneys and clients alike forget to keep in mind: the ways in which introverts…
4 Financial Steps to Consider Post-Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” Divorce can be costly, emotionally exhausting and confusing. If you’ve been in a long marriage, divorce and your impending future as a single person can…
Keep Insurance In Mind After Divorce Is Finalized
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Do I need an attorney to get a Divorce in North Carolina?” Insurance may not be one of the first things that crosses your mind if you’re in the midst of or recently emerging from a North Carolina divorce.…
Beware of the Quickie Foreign Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” Prior to and during the 1970s, the so-called “Mexican divorce” was having something of a moment. Fed up with the lengthy and expensive divorce process…
Private School Tuition CAN Be Included in Child Support Order If You’re Wealthy Enough
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What children’s expenses are covered by child support?” In a case that is the first of its kind for our courts, the North Carolina Court of Appeals just ruled that a child support order can include private school tuition…
French Lawmakers Consider Speeding Up Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How does custody work if one parent moves internationally?” A common complaint from those currently going through or recently emerging from a North Carolina divorce is that the whole process simply takes too long. Meeting with lawyers, filing the…
Couples Increasingly Open To “Birdnesting” Post-Divorce, But Is It Always A Good Idea?
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” A recent article discussed the trend among some couples, celebrity and otherwise, to consider new approaches to co-parenting post-divorce. One such trend, known as “birdnesting”, has…
Friend Acted as Agent, Did Not Destroy Attorney-Client Privilege in NC Divorce Case
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What does a “No-Fault’ divorce mean in NC?” The attorney-client privilege can be an almost sacred right for either party in a divorce proceeding. Knowing that the private communications you have with your attorney about your case stay sacrosanct…