by Scott Allen | Feb 19, 2023 | Child Support, Family Law
Call 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 established,...
by Scott Allen | Dec 15, 2022 | Child Custody, Family Law, Uncategorized
When determining child custody, a judge will consider the best interests of the child. In making this determination, the judge will consider a variety of factors, including the child’s age, physical and emotional health, and any special needs or circumstances. The...
by Scott Allen | Nov 11, 2022 | Family Law, Property Distribution
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Equitable distribution is the the process by which a court in North Carolina identifies, classifies, values and divides property between spouses. Prior to new laws being enacted in 1981 by the general assembly, North Carolina was a...
by Amanda Spence | Sep 24, 2022 | Elder Law, Family Law, Health Care Decisions, Raleigh
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 North Carolina law provides that it is a person’s fundamental right to make his or her own health care decisions. what happens when a person is not able to make or communicate a health care decision? Imagine a person in a hospital...
by Scott Allen | Jan 11, 2022 | Divorce, Family Law
What is a divorce? Some people think that divorce means everything… custody, child support, alimony, etc. It doesn’t. It is a status change from being married to being single again. Marriage is a status change from being single to being married. The statute: The...
by Scott Allen | Jun 5, 2018 | Family Law
North Carolina may be on the cusp of having a new collaborative law statute. You can read the bill here. The bill provides for things like tolling the statutes of limitation and also staying actions in a pending case if the parties follow certain rules. That is...
