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Woman finds love, family after tracking down anonymous sperm donor

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Who pays for the children’s health insurance and co-pays?”   An Australian woman has found love with a man who anonymously donated sperm that the woman used to conceive her young daughter. The woman lost two…

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Parties seeking alimony facing a tougher road in divorce courts

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “When do you get alimony?”   Stay-at-home moms are facing a tougher road in divorce courts, as judges and state legislatures move to limit the both the amount of support payments and the period of time…

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Sugar daddies and babies seek arrangements outside of marriage in growing numbers

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What does uncontested divorce mean?” As same-sex couples in the Tar Heel State and elsewhere fight in courts and legislatures for the right to marry, other people have been seeking “mutually beneficial” relationships short of marriage.…

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State threatens officials who refuse same-sex marriages with civil, criminal penalties

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   A memo has been sent by North Carolina’s Administrative Office of the Courts to all magistrates, judges and court clerks in the Tar Heel State…

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“War on women” hits close to home for one congressman’s estranged wife

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “How can an attorney help me with my Divorce or Separation in North Carolina?”   Congressman Alan Grayson’s war on one woman has taken an ugly turn, with Grayson’s attorney slamming his estranged wife as being a “poor housekeeper”…

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Second N.C. judge strikes down marriage ban, dismisses same-sex adoption actions

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Who pays for the children’s health insurance and co-pays?”   North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage took another blow on Wednesday. United States District Court Judge William L. Osteen, Jr. ruled that the Tar Heel State’s…

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Same-sex is marriage legal in North Carolina; what comes next?

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   Buncombe County Registrar Drew Reisinger stayed at work late this past Friday to issue a marriage license to Amy Cantrell and Lauren White. Cantrell and…

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Divorce uncovers apparent sex abuse of minors by prominent actor

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “When do you get alimony?”   Divorces do not get much uglier than the one involving actor Stephen Collins and his estranged wife, Faye Grant. Collins and Grant commenced divorce proceedings in 2012. At the time,…

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High court’s inaction means same-sex marriage coming to NC by end of this week

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can any attorney help me with my family law needs in North Carolina?”   The Charlotte Observer is reporting that same-sex marriage could be legal soon in North Carolina—by the end of this week! Virginia put the issue to…

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Think same-sex marriage is tough? Try same-sex divorce

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What does a “No-Fault’ divorce mean in NC?”   Proponents of same-sex marriage have railed against the legal difficulties that confront same-sex partners interested in tying the proverbial knot. Now some same-sex couples are facing a…

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