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How Do Introverts Handle Divorce Differently?

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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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