North Carolina Divorce Law – Raleigh Divorce Lawyer
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When you are divorcing without a prenuptial agreement, it is normal to feel uncertain about what comes next. Many people worry that without a prenup, they have no protection. That is not how North Carolina divorce law works. In North Carolina, a prenup can shape how certain issues are handled in a divorce, but the […]
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North Carolina has clear Child Support Guidelines designed to calculate support obligations based on each parent’s income, custody schedule, and child-related expenses. They are so straightforward that most parents can use a NC Child Support Calculator and get their exact amount owed within minutes. These guidelines apply in most cases across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, […]
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In paragraph eight, we’re referring to the personal property that may be in your house. And so what that means would be furniture, personal effects, clothes, any kind of household personal items in the house. This paragraph would be for you to determine who gets what. How that process is going to take place. Is […]
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If you are separating or considering divorce in North Carolina, gathering financial information is one of the most important steps you can take. In divorce, information equals power. If one spouse controls the finances and the other does not have access to accurate records, the outcome can be unfair, especially when it comes to: Property […]
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When a marriage is nearing its end and divorce appears on the horizon, many couples in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and beyond try to avoid court by negotiating a separation agreement. In North Carolina, this agreement can control critical issues like property division, spousal support, and child custody. But separation agreements are also one of the […]
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Transcript Part two of the individual monthly expenses for the Wake County financial affidavit includes those expenses that may change from month to month. This is where if you are the dependent spouse and it’s an alimony trial, you need to spend a lot of time and energy researching these numbers and making sure that they’re very accurate. Once again, you’ll see that there is the date of separation column as well as the current. The law states that in North Carolina, for alimony purposes, the dependent spouse is technically allowed the standard […]
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Transcript Let’s talk further about the income section and get into more details here. If anything has changed in your monthly gross wages from date of separation to current, you can star it and make a note at the bottom, so you are allowed to provide more information than what is listed here. Next, you’ll […]
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What do the following celebrities all have in common? Hugh Jackman Meryl Streep Kris Jenner Billy Ray Cyrus Arnold Schwarzenegger Morgan Freeman These above-mentioned celebrities divorced when they had 20+ years of marriage behind them (and of special note, Meryl Streep divorced after 45 years of marriage). These celebrities are illustrating the national trend of […]
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There are two terms that are used often when referring to divorce: contested and uncontested. Those terms are almost self-explanatory. Contested means that the couple does not agree on the issues of their separation, including things like child custody, child support, spousal support, and property division. If there is a contested case, it is likely […]
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Divorce is more than a legal process. It’s an emotionally demanding journey that marks the beginning of your new life. We’ve helped thousands of clients through some of the most difficult periods of their lives and have handled countless divorces and separations, custody battles, and domestic violence cases. One constant in every case? The deep, […]
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