I recently was asked whether you can get a divorce in North Carolina without going through the one-year waiting period if you can prove fault. This is a great question, because I have to admit, when I first started studying for the NC bar, this was a stumper for me as well (and I have …
What about the Health Insurance?
A common problem in many divorce cases, especially where only one spouse is employed, is the issue of health insurance. In Florida, as soon as a Divorce Petition is filed, neither spouse is allowed to remove the other from their health insurance policy. However, in North Carolina, there is no such limitation. This poses a …
New Information on NC Child Support
My goal in creating this Raleigh Divorce Lawyer website and blog is to give away as much information as I can to North Carolinian’s who are currently involved in a divorce, going through a legal separation, or just thinking about divorce or separation and want to learn more about their legal options. Today I posted …
Family Law Meetings – Day 1 in Charleston
It’s a packed house here in Charleston. Right now Michelle Reingold is doing a great job with the case law updates. UPDATE: Today was a great first day in Charleston. I had blogged previously that I wasn’t sure about the presentation topics, but I felt that the speakers today were thorough, prepared, and overall, did …
What constitutes cohabitation?
I recently was asked about whether a spouse must continue to pay alimony to his ex-wife now that she has apparently moved in with a co-worker of hers. Here is the full question: Divorced 3 years, paying alimony, ex was renting a duplex for about 2 years, purchased a 4 bedroom 3 bath house to …
How to divide retirement assets in a divorce
I came across a good article today that outlines how different retirement benefits could be divided in the event of a divorce. Here is a brief rundown of some of the topics discussed: What to do before you divorce – Get a copy of the summary plan description from the employer How to split up …
Is Facebook to blame for your divorce?
A recent news story on Fox reveals that increasing numbers of couples are claiming that online social networking sites such as Facebook are playing a contributing part in their divorce. According to the story, this phenomena is hitting the hardest with 40 and 50 year old who are bored with their marriage and looking to …
Taxes and Divorce
As tax day has now come and gone, it probably would have been better for me to have written on this topic several weeks ago, but as I was hard at work on my own taxes, I didn’t get a chance to! So, perhaps you will come across this post in 2011, before you file …