Nielson v. Schmoke, North Carolina Court of Appeals, August 3, 2021 (Enforcement of Foreign Judgments)
Pursuant to a Michigan divorce judgment, entered in December 2003, and a supplemental judgment, entered in October 2009, husband was to pay to wife a total of $1,323,096.31. In 2013, pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA), wife enrolled the two Michigan judgments, along with supporting affidavits, and commenced an action in North Carolina. Husband filed a motion to strike and defenses to enforcement of the judgments. The trial court found wife had met the requirements of the UEFJA, found that the Michigan judgments were entitled to full faith and credit in North Carolina, and entered a North Carolina judgment against husband in the amount of $1,323,096.31.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society’s 2021 Social is Oct. 21. The society will be celebrating its 30th anniversary, and the evening will feature a tribute to founding president Charles F. Blanchard.
Please note that the RSVP date is this Tuesday, Oct. 12 (the date by which we must give guaranteed minimums to the caterers). Given the size of the venue, tickets are limited, so please acquire yours as soon as possible if you are planning to attend (i.e., tickets may not be available at the door). We certainly hope you are able to join us for a special evening.
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Sarah Beth Withers is dedicated to bridging the justice gap in Eastern North Carolina. In 2017, She founded Inner Banks Legal Services, a non-profit law firm based in Historic Downtown Washington. Her goal was – and still is – to provide quality legal services for low-income and modest-means individuals and families who earn too much to qualify for Legal Aid of North Carolina’s services but may not earn enough to afford traditional legal fees. In just four years, she has helped over 400 families in Eastern North Carolina. Last year, Withers tracked over 225 pro bono hours locally. She is a committed servant leader, serving her team, her community, and her clients with compassion, professionalism, openness, and grace.
Over the last four years, Withers has worked diligently to connect with attorneys, agencies, churches, and businesses in the community; she understands the critical partnerships needed to care for her neighbors. These relationships, coupled with Withers’ financial savvy and business acumen, have led to consistent, steady growth ensuring Inner Banks Legal Services longevity in Eastern North Carolina. In 2018, Withers recognized a need for family law services, hired the team to address that need, and expanded the office footprint. In 2020, the firm was granted funding to expand its legal specialties once again in order to offer pro bono legal services to domestic violence survivors – 20 individuals and families fleeing domestic violence received pro bono family law and bankruptcy services in the program’s first quarter alone. Thank you, Sarah Beth Withers, for your continued dedication to serving North Carolinians through Pro Bono!
Mrs. Sprinkle worked for Dr. Johnson for 17 years; during the last four of those years, she had a romantic and sexual relationship with Dr. Johnson. Mrs. Sprinkle ultimately confessed the affair to her husband and left her job. The Sprinkles did not separate or divorce. Mr. Sprinkle sued Dr. Johnson for alienation of affection and criminal conversation; the complaint and summons were served on Dr. Johnson at his work address.
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Munoz v. Munoz, NC Court of Appeals, August 3, 2021 (Custody)
During the marriage, the parties preferred not to place the child in daycare, and so they relied upon family help to care for the child and nearly always had a family member living with them and assisting in care for the child. At the time mother and father separated, mother, who is a member of the U.S. Army, was anticipating a deployment to Iraq. Mother and father entered into a temporary custody order by consent, which vested primary physical custody in father and allowed father and the child to relocate to California. Father and the child then relocated to California, where they were living with father’s grandmother and his uncle; father’s grandmother was acting as a live-in
care provider while father worked. After father and the child relocated, father learned
that she would not be deployed and so filed a motion to set aside the consent order.
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Karen Fisher Moskowitz is the Director of the Consumer Protection Program at Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and has dedicated her legal career to serving the most vulnerable members of her community. Moskowitz uses her expertise as an attorney to help her clients know safety and stability and has practiced for more than 25 years. She has said of her work that she is “proud to be a part of the Legal Services tradition and in the trenches day after day, fighting the good fight for the most vulnerable people in our society.”
Moskowitz and her team worked with the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy’s Pro Bono program coordinator to establish a monthly consumer relief clinic, in which attorneys from McGuireWoods meet with clients and take on their cases relating to automobile fraud along with other unfair and deceptive practices. Thanks to Moskowitz’s initiative to find a way instead of turning people in crisis away, Advocacy Center now serves an additional 50 to 60 clients each year in consumer protection cases.
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