By Ketan Soni Thanks for reading this post and for allowing me to be your Chair this year. Don’t sit on me too hard, please! Our esteemed and more likeable Vice Chair is Jill Jackson. If you’d rather not go through this entire post, there is a tl;dr version at the bottom. After reading this […]
By Ketan Soni and Carolyn “Lynn” Krueger-Andes Being Special(ist) Here are the high level results from our last post, as far as frequently missed questions: 1. Which of the following are acceptable in moving forward with an absolute divorce? (select all that apply) 3 / 22 2. What prior names may a woman resume upon […]
By Rebecca Watts Barus v. Coffey, January 4, 2022, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, Rule 12(b)(6) and custody modification The trial court entered a permanent order in 2014 that awarded primary custody to father during the school year and shared custody during the summer months. This order also determined that each party should be financially […]
By Ketan Soni and Carolyn “Lynn” Krueger-Andes Being Special(ist) Here are the results from our last post (51 responses): Question # % Correct Answers 1 34% 2 84% 3 46.9% 4 16% (YES, 16%) 5 12% 6 44.9% 7 58% 8 68% 9 67.3% 10 72%
By Rebecca Watts Wadsworth v. Wadsworth, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, December 21, 2021 (Security For Child Support, Alimony) The trial court entered a child support and alimony order. The order established a $1,900.00 a month, 20-year term alimony obligation; a prospective monthly child support obligation; and an $18,026.75 child support arrearage. The court […]
By Rebecca Watts Hirschler v. Hirschler, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, December 21, 2021 (Civil and Criminal Contempt) A custody order granted primary custody to mother and visitation to father, including visitation from June 1 through July 10 each year in Florida. When the parties’ daughter was 16, she informed her parents that she […]
By Ketan Soni and Carolyn Krueger-Andes Being Special(ist) Here are the results from our last post (22 responses): Question # % Correct Answers 1 41% 2 47% 3 28.6% 4 38% 5 33% 6 28.6% 7 76.2% 8 23.8% 9 90.5% 10 81%
By Meredith Parker and Ryan Schultz Introducing: Isn’t There an Expert for That? (2022 Family Law Intensive Program) Thursday and Friday, January 27-28, 2022 Attention all Family Law Specialists and Family Law Practitioners with 8+ years of practice! Your deadline to register for the 2022 Family Law Intensive Program is fast approaching – register today to secure […]
By Ketan Soni I took a hiatus from all the wrong laws. Two main reasons: I wanted to give you all a break from my rambling, and I was paralyzed in figuring out which of the many aspects of the wrong laws I was going to talk about next. Trying to figure that out was […]
By Ketan Soni and Carolyn Krueger-Andes Being Special(ist) We’re all busy all the time. Some of you have dreams of being special. Some of you have dreams of being a specialist. The hurdle to that dream is the nightmare of the specialist exam. We are here to help you add bunny ears and fuzzy slippers to […]