If you worry about your ability to pay child support or your ex has fallen behind on their obligations, it is important to review various legal considerations regarding unpaid child support. Back child support can affect many facets of a parent's life and it is...
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What is parental alienation?
After a divorce, custody issues are often the most difficult to navigate. While custody orders are developed to ensure both parents have healthy, loving relationships with their child, problems can still arise. In some cases, one parent may attempt to alienate their...
Determining a child custody agreement through mediation
When parents get divorced in North Carolina the one thing they may continue to share is a mutual concern for the well-being and safety of their children. People who prioritize the needs of their children and address the challenges of divorce head-on may minimize the...
Custody decisions based on best interests of the child
Going through a divorce as a parent involves a lot, and the decisions regarding child custody are the most difficult. When the courts make a decision about which parent gets custody, the main considerations involve what is in the best interest of the child. ...
How the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act helps
Millions of children across America now live with their grandparents who act as their primary or sole guardians. There are many reasons grandparents return to parenthood to raise their grandchildren. One of the main reasons is drug use, specifically as it relates to...
How can I co-parent with a difficult ex?
Navigating a divorce with children involved is difficult enough, but attempting to co-parent with a difficult ex is an entirely new level of stress and emotion. Generally speaking, co-parenting is the most child-beneficial approach to parenting after a divorce, but...
Do you need a child custody order?
Child custody matters can easily get heated because the right to parent your child is something nobody wants infringed upon. When establishing custody through a court order, one parent may lose certain rights or end up with a visitation schedule that is less than...
The longevity of emergency custody orders in NC
Custody battles are often long and drawn out and can take anywhere from months to years to settle. Unfortunately, there are some circumstances in which a parent or, more accurately, the child, cannot wait months or years, such as one parent is physically violent,...
North Carolina child custody order basics you should know
Dividing parenting time between you and your ex can be a challenge, especially if you have difficulty making decisions together. Whether or not you are able to come to an agreement about your children and how you would like to spend time with them, having your...
North Carolina drug charges yield notably serious consequences
Increasingly, more people across the country – including many North Carolina residents – are adopting liberalized attitudes toward drug possession and use.Marijuana is usually the centerpiece topic in decriminalization-linked discussions, with proponents...