by Scott Allen | Mar 19, 2012 | Child Custody, Family Law, Property Distribution
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 In Raleigh, NC where I have practiced law most of the last seventeen-plus years there have been a few rare occurrences in my cases. More rare than lunar eclipses in fact. I am referring to the appointment of guardians in family law...
by Scott Allen | Nov 13, 2011 | Alimony, Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law, Property Distribution
Call Scott Allen 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...
by Scott Allen | Nov 6, 2011 | Family Law, Property Distribution
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 I often get asked how a claim for equitable distribution can be asserted in North Carolina and if there are any rules about when the claim must be made. The short answer is: file your equitable distribution claim before the judge...
by Scott Allen | Nov 5, 2011 | Family Law, Property Distribution
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 G.S. § 50-20(a) provides that “[u]pon application of a party, the court shall determine what is the marital property and divisible property, and shall provide for an equitable distribution of both between the parties in...
