family law

One of the first and likely most distasteful lessons that your mother or father probably taught you as a child was that life is sometimes cruelly, brutally, capriciously unfair. That’s just how it is. As adults, most people usually try to react to injustices...

No one ever foresees getting divorced. Sometimes people in North Carolina berate themselves because they think that in some way, they have spectacularly failed either themselves or their spouse. They look back at their tattered relationship and go in frustrating...

Couples are often financially intertwined during a divorce, making division a highly stressful process. Couples involved financially in a business venture can doubly find themselves in a bind. Divorcing with a business is not as simple as dividing the company in two....

Getting divorced can be complicated, and you may feel like you just want to get things over with as quickly as possible. You know that your relationship is over, and you simply need to make that official in a legal sense. While this mindset is understandable, it can...

Getting divorced is a big decision and the process is multifaceted. One of the key features of divorce is the division of property and assets.  Often, what comes to mind in property division is the family home, motor vehicles and bank accounts. While there is no...

The divorce process can be stressful at the best of times. However, when children are involved, the procedure can be even more problematic.  In North Carolina, both parents have a legal right to maintain a relationship with their child, free from interference from the...

Throughout the divorce process, parents will tend to take a view on what suits them and their children best. The custody agreement that they desire will generally reflect this. However, any legal settlement will also dictate where the child lives and with whom they...

Divorce, especially a high net worth divorce, can be very contentious. With so much in assets and income to share, it can be a challenge figuring out what is fair and how marital assets should be divided. Child support too can be a major cause of conflict during high...

Divorcing couples in Asheville, North Carolina, typically devote much time and effort in deciding how best to divide their assets. It is a critical part of a divorce, but there is one other crucial topic to address during the property division stage of divorce: The...

Many women (and some men) take their partner’s last name when they get married or add that name (hyphenated or not) to their own. If you did that and are now divorcing, you need to make a choice about whether to return to your previous name or keep your married name....