What is the Parent Education Program in North Carolina? As a parent, you are responsible for the care and well-being of your children. When you divorce, you and your spouse are both generally required to continue to provide for your children. Often, parents share custody of their children. This means…
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Divorced Parents Guide to Co-Parenting Through the Holidays
Divorced Parents Guide to Co-Parenting Through the Holidays The holidays are times to celebrate with family, but if you are recently divorced or newly separated, this time of year can be extremely stressful. You are learning to navigate parenting from a new perspective, and at the same time, you are…
What is Free-Range Parenting and How Can it Affect My Divorce?
What is Free-Range Parenting and How Can it Affect My Divorce? People have different styles of parenting their children. When parents are married or living together as a family, they may choose to adopt a particular parenting style. Sometimes parents do not agree on the way they want to parent…
What is Parental Alienation and What Can I Do About it?
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” Getting a divorce is never easy for anyone, especially those with children. Divorce can create a lot of animosity between spouses, which can cause undue stress on…
What are My Parental Custody Rights?
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What are my custody rights if the other parent moves?” The day your child is born is one of the happiest of your life. Now that you are a parent, everything has changed. You now care for and protect…
Co-Parenting School-Age Children
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 school year is upon us, and it is time to start thinking about how to provide the best parenting possible for your kids. Divorced parents…
What is Parental Kidnapping?
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?” As a parent, you want to do everything you can to protect your child and keep them safe from all types of harm. Parents keep…
Five Reasons Why You Should Establish Paternity as an Unmarried Father
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Can I keep my Kids from seeing the other parent?” A child born during a marriage is automatically considered an heir to both parties of the marriage. However, when a child is born to unmarried parents, the father should…
Four Tips for Co-Parenting and Distance Learning in the COVID-19 Era
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” As the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere in sight, parents and children are required to navigate online schooling and distance learning. Adjusting to the…
Child Custody and COVID-19: Sharing Custody During the Coronavirus Pandemic in North Carolina
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What are my custody rights if the other parent moves?” On March 27, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper ordered North Carolinians to stay home until April 29 in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. How does the…