by Scott Allen | Mar 4, 2012 | Alimony, Family Law, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Alimony under North Carolina law is a form of spousal support. It is “permanent” spousal support where postseparation support is temporary. North Carolina does not have guidelines that automatically...
by Scott Allen | Feb 12, 2012 | Alimony, Family Law, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Postseparation support is a ration of the 1995 statutory amendments that overhauled the alimony and temporary alimony law in North Carolina. Postseparation support is temporary alimony. It is designed as a stop-gap measure to...
by Scott Allen | Feb 1, 2012 | Family Law, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Failure to pay child support can have serious consequences. In addition to the contempt powers of the court as found in NCGS 5A, the court may revoke or suspend licenses. This includes driver, hunting, and professional licensing,...
by Scott Allen | Jan 27, 2012 | Family Law, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 The law in North Carolina on child support presumes that parents have a financial responsibility towards their children. This such an important issue to the states and the federal government, that child support agencies have been...
by Scott Allen | Jan 25, 2012 | Child Support, Family Law, Family Law Library
The issue of past due child support creates particular problems for parents who get behind. The problem is that once a child support payment comes due, the court is generally prohibited from changing that amount later. In practical terms that means that as soon as...
by Scott Allen | Jan 15, 2012 | Family Law, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 § 50‑13.9. Procedure to insure payment of child support. (a) Upon its own motion or upon motion of either party, the court may order at any time that support payments be made to the State Child Support Collection and...