Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?” Several recent articles and blogs have highlighted a topic that many divorce attorneys and clients alike forget to keep in mind: the ways in which introverts…
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4 Financial Steps to Consider Post-Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” Divorce can be costly, emotionally exhausting and confusing. If you’ve been in a long marriage, divorce and your impending future as a single person can…
Courts Faced With Deciding What It Means To Be A Parent
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” The New York Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court) will grapple with a tricky legal question that has become increasingly important in the family law…
Trying to Pay Child Support in Pizza Not a Crime, Says Italian Court
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What children’s expenses are not covered by child support?” When he divorced his ex-wife Nicoletta Zuin in 2002, Nicola Toso agreed to pay child support for their daughter, who was then six (6) years old. He paid 300 euros,…
Bill O’Reilly Suing Ex-Wife for $10 Million; Claims Manipulation of Separation Agreement, Cheating
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Does adultery affect my divorce case?” If you pay off your neutral custody arbitrator, allegedly manipulate police into investigating your ex-wife’s new beau, and try to get your ex-wife kicked out of the Catholic Church but still don’t get…
Keep Insurance In Mind After Divorce Is Finalized
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Do I need an attorney to get a Divorce in North Carolina?” Insurance may not be one of the first things that crosses your mind if you’re in the midst of or recently emerging from a North Carolina divorce.…
Beware of the Quickie Foreign Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” Prior to and during the 1970s, the so-called “Mexican divorce” was having something of a moment. Fed up with the lengthy and expensive divorce process…
When dividing property in a divorce, don’t forget about intellectual property
Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How Can I protect myself from my spouses spending habits?” If you’re preparing for a North Carolina divorce, you likely know to take your house, cars, bank accounts and retirement funds into consideration before dividing assets. These are the kinds of…
Private School Tuition CAN Be Included in Child Support Order If You’re Wealthy Enough
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What children’s expenses are covered by child support?” In a case that is the first of its kind for our courts, the North Carolina Court of Appeals just ruled that a child support order can include private school tuition…
French Lawmakers Consider Speeding Up Divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How does custody work if one parent moves internationally?” A common complaint from those currently going through or recently emerging from a North Carolina divorce is that the whole process simply takes too long. Meeting with lawyers, filing the…