by Scott Allen | Oct 17, 2013 | Child Custody
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Mental health professionals, judges, and lawyers, all agree that it is best to work to minimize the impact of divorce and separation on children. Parents should do their best to keep the children out of the conflict. Here are some...
by Scott Allen | Apr 16, 2013 | Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 I ask this question all the time of my clients: “What is important to you?” After all, it is the client’s situation, the client’s money, and the client’s future wellbeing at stake. If I don’t...
by Scott Allen | Nov 8, 2012 | Wake County Family Court
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 This is the fourth in a series of articles on going pro se in Wake County Family Court in Raleigh, NC. In Part 1 I gave a general outline. In Part 2, we focused on the Wake County Local Rules. In Part 3, I covered basic...
by Scott Allen | Oct 29, 2012 | Child Custody
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 When can a child decide custody? Rather than making you read more and then giving you the answer later, I’ve decided just to say it up front: under North Carolina law a child almost never has the final legal say as to which...
by Scott Allen | Mar 31, 2012 | Child Support
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Child Support and Withholding Custody Does a parent who can’t (or won’t) pay child support still have custody and visitation rights? Under North Carolina law, the answer is yes. A child has a right to be supported by his...