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When Can a Child Decide Custody?

Rather than making you read more and then giving you the answer later, I’ve decided just to say it up front: under North Carolina law a child almost never has the final legal say as to which parent he or she will live with.  In other words, custody is always up to the judge. If you have spent any time at all looking over our firm’s website, you know I am a strong advocate of parents trying to keep their children out of custody fights.   I also generally don’t think a child should be put in a position of either feeling like he or she has to choose between parents or that the child has the power to make the choice.  All the judges I’ve ever been in front of seem to feel the same way.  I’ve heard judges explain to children who have been brought in for a custody case that the decision is not the child’s, and I have seen the relief on children’s faces when they understand that. The main determining factors that the judge will take a look at when deciding whi...

5 Different Ways to Find a Divorce Attorney in Your Area

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Statistics say that about half of all marriages will end up in a divorce. Depending upon your financial situation will determine your avenue to take when hiring a divorce lawyer. Make sure you do research on each candidate and be certain they meet your guidelines. If you are in financial hardship, there are a number of different ways to select and hire a Raleigh Divorce Attorney .

6 Different Ways to Find a Divorce Attorney in Your Area

Statistics say that about half of all marriages will end up in a divorce. Some marriages last, but not all relationships were meant to be. During this turbulent time in your life, there are many places to find legal representation for a divorce. Here is a brief list of where you can find a divorce attorney. 1. Friend of Family Referrals- You may have a friend, colleague, co-worker or family member that has gone through a divorce before. These people can give you a good insight on their own experience with the divorce attorney that they hired for their legal proceedings. Sometimes, that friend or family member will be located outside your jurisdiction and therefore different laws may apply. Always try to seek a referral from someone that is near you for divorce advice as the same local laws will apply. 2. Internet- Many people these days seek information quickly and can do so by just connecting to the internet. The internet is full of legal information including local divorce...

Child Support Laws - Designed to Benefit the Child

Parents should keep in mind that child support laws are meant to benefit the child not the custodial Parent. Divorce separation or the break-up of a relationship can cause havoc in the family structure, especially for children. Unfortunately, oftentimes parents become so angry with the other parent, they forget about the children. A parent's anger can become so intense that they completely disregard   the welfare of their child and focus solely on "getting back" at the other parent. The first strategy of revenge is money. By withholding money, the other parent uses it as leverage to control the custodial parent. Here is where the child support court can be beneficial through child support enforcement. While some parents feel the need to blame the ex-spouse, the judge, or the court system in general when a parent exercises his or her child support rights or their child custody rights, the reality is that there's no one to blame. On the contrary, parents sho...

A Look at a Child Support Law Firm

A child support law firm is the place to turn to if you are getting divorced and have issues pertaining to your child and payments that need to be worked out. A lawyer at this facility will be able to help you with the arrangements you need to make in regards to your child or children. Child support is support that is ordered by the court and it is paid by the parent who does not have custody of the children (known as the non-custodial parent) after the couple has gotten a divorce. Another way of putting it is to say that it is money that a parent must use for the health and well being of the child. The money helps to pay for the child's care , as well as the education and support of the child. The child support law firm will help to figure out all of the details concerning how much support is to be paid to the custodial parent for the children and when it will be paid. Once the support for the child has been set it remains in place until the child reaches an age to ...

Types of Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence as its name defined it is the fight in which the intimate partners &couples and family members are being involved. Sometimes it is referred to as domestic abuse. Domestic violence occurs in all cultures, religions every kind of people which comes from any kind of economic and racial background. Physical, sexual, economic, or psychological abuse directed towards one's spouse, partner, or other family members within the household called domestic violence.

Domestic Violence Cases: The Four Types and How They Relate to Injunctions for Protection

When domestic violence or domestic battery occurs to you are someone you love, it is important you and your family law attorney know the four types and how they are applied to Domestic Violence Injunctions in the state of Raleigh. In Florida domestic battery or violence cases, the abused party may seek a Domestic Violence Injunction to protect the person and/or children from abuse. There are four types of legal cases specific to the state of Raleigh regarding Injunctions for Protection: 1. Domestic Violence Spouses, former spouses, persons related by marriage or blood, persons who live together as a family, and persons who are parents of a child in common, constitute a "family or household member". A "family or household member" who reside together in a single dwelling unit or in the past have so resided together (except for parents of a child in common) may seek protection against domestic violence by filing a sworn petition at the Clerk of Court...

How to File For Temporary Custody

Becoming a father or mother is most beautiful happening in everyone’s life. An infant revolves everyone’s life around them. When a person become father or mother, nothing more matter to that person than their children. But when parents face certain conflicts among their relationship, most suffering stage is for their children. The decision of separation among a couple arises the issue of custody of child . Nobody wants to leave their child to other one. Here for solving out your attachment and caring problem of your children will be solved by Allen Spence . Temporary child custody is basically concerned with getting temporary authority of take caring of their child to one parent. It happens in a case where any of the parents apply for temporary child custody. The parent who applied will be represented as  a  petitioner and the other parent who needs to respond to this case applied by other is considered as respondent.  For applying temporary child custody, yo...

Emergency Custody – A Life Saver Law

In every being's life, attachment has a very important role. None of us have a life without attachments. Attachment is that phenomenon which leads to care utmost, love utmost and many other factors being there. But when we see the curious time of separation, people are fighting for custody because they don't feel their loved ones to be safe in opposition's hands. So here, for fighting with this problem, Allen Spence has there with you to support you in your hard times. We see in some cases there is need to take certain steps instantly as there is risk of being any type of harm to their loved ones. So, for their custody in safer hands, there is an act of emergency custody. According to the lawful terms, ex parte is another term use for emergency custody Lawyer NC . These types of orders are made by written affidavit document by the favorable party. Whenever the child is on any type of risk, usually judge makes such types of orders for the safety of child. Risk can...