By Ryan Schultz Termination of Parental Rights, No. COA18-451, Sept. 4, 2018 In the Matter of J.M.K Buncombe County In a termination of parental rights hearing, a court cannot base termination from a ground that has not been pled. Facts: Mother and Father were in a relationship from February 2014 -September 2014. During their courtship, a daughter […]
By Ryan Schultz Equitable Distribution, COAA818-11o, Sept. 4, 2018 Thomas Steven Henson v. Robin Black Henson Cabarrus County After an equitable distribution hearing, Defendant/Wife (“Wife”) was awarded the value of $51, 524.00 contained in a SEP IRA, which was the value at the date of separation. The SEP IRA had gained $30,000 – $40,000 of passive […]
Application Deadline is Oct. 22, 2018 Scholarships are available from the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association to NCBA members who are members of the Family Law Section and who wish to take the “2018 Essentials of Family Law” CLE on Nov. 1-2, 2018. An eligible recipient is any Family Law Section […]
By Ketan P. Soni Equitable Distribution, Unequal Distribution of Marital Property, Classification, Valuation; COA17-899; August 2018 Dwight Watson v. Gurtha Watson Wake County In this nearly 20 year marriage, this case was tried on Equitable Distribution. The court awarded an unequal distribution to Wife, which Husband appealed. The parties had a home acquired one year […]
By Ketan P. Soni The Unpublished Cases – August 2018 Just because they are unpublished doesn’t mean this blog won’t give them some attention, albeit brief. CATHERINE A. BOND, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL MANFREDO, Defendant Mecklenburg County This case is about equitable distribution.
By Ketan P. Soni Custody Modification, COA17-990, Aug. 21, 2018 David W. Shell & Donna Shell v. David Dwayne Shell & Nicole Green Watauga County A custody order was entered in 2012. Plaintiffs are the paternal grandparents. Defendant is the father of the children, and Nicole is the mother. In 2012, Father was granted sole […]
This year, your Family Law Section Communications Committee Chairs intend to put some structure into blog posting to show the rest of the NCBA that the Family Law Section is where to look for model behavior. Let’s face it: We kind of “win” against most other sections, right? What is blogging? It’s the “new” newsletter. […]