by Scott Allen | Nov 17, 2011 | Child Custody
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Skype, Apple Facetime and other video-conferencing technologies are being used more and more between parents and their children who are living primarily or temporarily at long distances. North Carolina law allows the district court...
by Scott Allen | Nov 16, 2011 | Child Custody
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 North Carolina law allows for the modification of a child custody order under certain circumstances. This article explores the law and the circumstances allowing the trial court to modify a custody order. This article assumes that...
by Scott Allen | Nov 14, 2011 | Annulment, Family Law
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Most everyone who gets married and then has immediate second thoughts wants to know if they can get an annulment in North Carolina. Usually the answer is no…. it is not a fix for a bad marriage decision. An annulment is very...
by Scott Allen | Nov 13, 2011 | Divorce, Family Law
With decreasing frequency in my practice over the past twenty-three I get asked about divorce from bed and board. “Divorce from bed and board” under North Carolina law is a judicial separation. In other words, it is a separation authorized by the court....
by Scott Allen | Nov 13, 2011 | Alimony, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law, Property Distribution
Call at (919) 863-4183 Most family law cases in North Carolina are heard in district court by a district court judge sitting without a jury. When a judge hears a case without a jury, the judge decides both how to apply the law to the case and what the facts of the...
