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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…

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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…

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Sherri Shepherd divorce lays bare issue of “unwanted” surrogate

Charlotte Divorce Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What rules are there for Father’s Right in NC?”   The marriage of television writer Lamar Sally and wife, Sherri Shepherd—late of talk show “The View”—is headed the way of more than half of American matrimonial…

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Not all divorces are forever—Lebron remarries his hometown team

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “How can an attorney help me with my Divorce or Separation in North Carolina?” When Lebron James announced on live television that he was taking his talents to South Beach, he set off a very public and very intense…

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New reality show contestants flip the script, skip dating

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?”   Dating, courtship, friendship, getting to know someone—whatever you call it—it’s nothing new.…

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Second time around not sweeter for Pamela Anderson, Rick Salomon

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?”   Unlike the singer in Shalamar’s 1979 hit “Second time around,” Rick Salomon couldn’t make his second marriage to Pamela Anderson “so much…

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Researchers say parental disapproval of spouses may have genetic component

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?”   If you are worried about the harm a divorce will do to…

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When it’s over, it’s over: Ex-wife of Dodgers owner learns the hard way

Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can I get the judge to order my spouse to pay my attorney’s fees in a property division case?”   A divorce litigant and her lawyers are learning the hard way that when a case is…

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Real Housewife Learns Valuable Lesson About Prenuptial Agreements

Attorney Matthew R. Arnold answering the question: “When do you get alimony?”   Real Housewife of Atlanta Kandi Burruss says that she learned a very valuable lesson about the importance of properly planning prior to marriage thanks to watching the dissolution of another reality TV star’s happy home. Burruss says…

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Judge Throws Out Claim To Reopen Divorce Settlement

Attorney Matthew R. Arnold answering the question: “What does a “No-Fault’ divorce mean in NC?”   The ex-wife of the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been ordered to repay her husband nearly $2 million in legal fees after unsuccessfully contesting her original divorce settlement. A Superior Court…

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