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…
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…
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…
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…
19-year-old says she is remarrying her 54-year-old ex-husband
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What does uncontested divorce mean?” Consenting to your wife’s divorce so that she can go “experience other men” may not seem like a normal thing to do, but little in the now-rekindled romance between 19-year-old Courtney…
Judge accused of beating his wife finds himself on the other side of the bench
Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Do I need an attorney to get a Divorce in North Carolina?” A Cleveland, Ohio judge found himself on the other side of the bench after being arrested Saturday for beating his wife. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge…
Domestic Violence in the NFL
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 week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down a controversial punishment…
Study tries to explain why marriages with first-born daughters more often end in divorce
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “My wife and I are not getting along If I leave the house, can she get me for abandonment?” The least complicated—and least controversial—aspect of a new study of possible causes of divorce is the recitation…
Correlation found between social media usage and divorce; causation not established
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?” Users have known for months—maybe longer—that Facebook lets you see if any…