Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What is an Absolute Divorce?” If you have been through a divorce you understand that interaction with the legal system is a requirement. No matter how agreeable you and your ex might be, a judge will still have to…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” Everyone knows that custody and visitation are among the most contentious parts of many divorces. Parents are understandably motivated to secure as much time as possible…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How are military divorces different from a regular divorce?” When you think of Supreme Court cases, you typically imagine the big ones, cases like Brown v. Board of Education or Miranda v. Arizona. Though it’s true that the Supremes…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How are military divorces different from a regular divorce?” It’s been a rough few weeks for a relatively obscure member of Mississippi’s legislature. Andy Gipson was, until earlier this month, seldom on the national news radar. That changed as…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Do I have to be living separately to meet with a lawyer about divorce?” A common complaint of the divorce process is how long it can take. A runner up? How expensive it is. Though both are legitimate complaints…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “Should I delete old posts or censor new posts while going through a divorce?” When it comes to marriage and divorce, we are used to thinking that people can do as they wish. Thankfully, the government seldom decides to…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What does uncontested divorce mean?” Of all the things that can cause a marriage to sour, the former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s 25-year marriage to his wife Sandi Jackson had survived many of the big ones. They had lived…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can I do to gain custody of my child in North Carolina?” There is nothing quite like a divorce case to air a couple’s dirty laundry, whether it is on an individual or collective basis for the parties…
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: ” Is there some property that the judge cannot divide?” Divorce is tough for almost everyone, but the Stephensons are having a particularly long and tumultuous time of it—with an emphasis on long. The multimillionaire founder of private hospital…
Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: “How Can I protect myself from my spouses spending habits?” A bedside marriage ceremony conducted one day before the husband’s death is valid, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled this June—even though the couple never obtained a marriage license, and…