You can get married for any reason or no reason at all, and you could go from single to married in a matter of days. Ending a marriage isn't nearly as easy as starting one. In North Carolina, you can only divorce when you have valid grounds for wanting to end your...
If you and your spouse divorce, you likely will divide your time with your children between yourselves as equally as you can. You should know that one of you will likely also have to pay support. Even with a joint custody arrangement, one parent does usually end up...
As a parent who is busy or who has unexpected trips away for work, you can’t always commit to a regular custody schedule. You may be fortunate to have an ex-spouse who is flexible, but when you’re gone, you are still missing out on time with your child. One of the...
Estate planning can seem overwhelming when you realize the magnitude of it. It involves all kinds of legal topics such as whom you’d like as the guardian for your children, where you’d like your belongings to go after you pass away and who gets to make decisions about...
Few things disrupt a marriage the way that infidelity can. An extramarital affair destroys trust between partners and can make one spouse feel like they don't even know the person they share their life with anymore. If you found out that your spouse has cheated on...
As a devoted parent, you will likely do everything in your power to keep your child out of harm’s way. If you are preparing to divorce your spouse, your protective tendencies may extend to seeking sole custody. While this arrangement may not make sense for most...
When preparing for divorce, one of your biggest concerns about your split will likely be your future economic security. If your spouse earned more than you do, the loss of their income could impact your standard of living. And if you depended on their earnings...
Much of the focus on divorce centers around the question of "now what?". What will happen to your property? Will you keep your house? Will your retirement savings be affected? Will you receive or provide spousal maintenance? It turns out that for many divorces,...
Health care workers on the front lines are making countless sacrifices to care for others. But should they have to sacrifice custody of their own children? A Florida case recently made headlines when an ER physician lost custody of her daughter due to the outbreak....
That conventional "wisdom" is that 50% of marriages end in divorce. The quotes around "wisdom" are intentional, as it turns out there's not much wisdom in that statistic. Divorce has actually been on the decline since the 1980s, with the percentage of marriages ending...
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