Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” Is there some property that the judge cannot divide?” It used to be that if a couple made it far enough down the road of marriage, they’d be especially likely to stick it out, literally,…
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Most marriages are happy and divorce rate is closer to 20 percent, says author
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m not getting along with my husband. We’ve been married two weeks and it was a mistake. Can’t I just get an annulment?” Sometimes what “they” say is not good enough because “they”—whoever “they” are–don’t…
19-year-old says she is remarrying her 54-year-old ex-husband
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What does uncontested divorce mean?” Consenting to your wife’s divorce so that she can go “experience other men” may not seem like a normal thing to do, but little in the now-rekindled romance between 19-year-old Courtney…
Study tries to explain why marriages with first-born daughters more often end in divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “My wife and I are not getting along If I leave the house, can she get me for abandonment?” The least complicated—and least controversial—aspect of a new study of possible causes of divorce is the recitation…
Correlation found between social media usage and divorce; causation not established
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m not getting along with my husband. We’ve been married two weeks and it was a mistake. Can’t I just get an annulment?” Users have known for months—maybe longer—that Facebook lets you see if any…
Not all divorces are forever—Lebron remarries his hometown team
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “How can an attorney help me with my Divorce or Separation in North Carolina?” When Lebron James announced on live television that he was taking his talents to South Beach, he set off a very public and very intense…
Second time around not sweeter for Pamela Anderson, Rick Salomon
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” Unlike the singer in Shalamar’s 1979 hit “Second time around,” Rick Salomon couldn’t make his second marriage to Pamela Anderson “so much…
Researchers say parental disapproval of spouses may have genetic component
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “I’m not getting along with my husband. We’ve been married two weeks and it was a mistake. Can’t I just get an annulment?” If you are worried about the harm a divorce will do to…
When it’s over, it’s over: Ex-wife of Dodgers owner learns the hard way
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I get the judge to order my spouse to pay my attorney’s fees in a property division case?” A divorce litigant and her lawyers are learning the hard way that when a case is…
Judge Throws Out Claim To Reopen Divorce Settlement
Attorney Matthew R. Arnold answering the question: “What does a “No-Fault’ divorce mean in NC?” The ex-wife of the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been ordered to repay her husband nearly $2 million in legal fees after unsuccessfully contesting her original divorce settlement. A Superior Court…