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Marriage is for the dogs, the goats, and cardboard cutouts of Robert Pattinson

  Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   Marriage is for the dogs, or at least that is what one British woman thinks. Amanda Rodgers was so smitten with her…

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Effects of divorce, separation more profound for young children of wealthy parents

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What are my custody rights if the other parent moves?”   Researchers from Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown University who used a national sample of nearly 4,000 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth have concluded that young…

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NFL getting publicity it doesn’t want with release of new domestic violence video

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   Edit: The Baltimore Ravens have just released Ray Rice from his contract and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has announced Rice will be suspended…

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Men write on Reddit of the moment they knew their marriage was over

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m not getting along with my husband. We’ve been married two weeks and it was a mistake. Can’t I just get an annulment?”   Last Tuesday, men who had divorced their wives provided, via the online…

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Polygamy ban upheld, but “Sister Wives” can still cohabit, call themselves “married”

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Does adultery affect my divorce case?”   Stars of the TLC reality show “Sister Wives” can return to their home state of Utah and live together without the fear of prosecution by the State for polygamy. Stars…

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“Gold digger” panda plays her human masters for extra treats and pampering

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What rules are there for Father’s Right in NC?”   A Canadian man may have thought his girlfriend’s made-up tale about her quintuplet pregnancy was the ultimate gold-digger’s tale, but that was before he was one-upped by…

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Elder law clinic confirms spike in elder divorces, explores causes

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m considering separating from my spouse; what actions should I refrain from doing?”   Larry Weiser, the director of Gonzaga University’s Elder Law Clinic, says all of the sudden, he is seeing older people wanting to…

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Special considerations for couples older than 50 divorcing

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” Is there some property that the judge cannot divide?”   It used to be that if a couple made it far enough down the road of marriage, they’d be especially likely to stick it out, literally,…

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Most marriages are happy and divorce rate is closer to 20 percent, says author

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question ” I’m not getting along with my husband. We’ve been married two weeks and it was a mistake. Can’t I just get an annulment?”   Sometimes what “they” say is not good enough because “they”—whoever “they” are–don’t…

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Reporter, advocates say allowing same-sex marriage would cause wedding-business boom

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   A 40-year veteran of the Asheville Citizen-Times says gay weddings would mean big business to Asheville. The only thing standing in the…

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