Rebecca Watts
Case Law Update: Munoz v. Munoz (Custody)
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…
Case Law Update: Putnam v. Putnam (Alimony)
Putnam v. Putnam, NC Court of Appeals, August 3, 2021 (Alimony) Husband and wife resolved equitable distribution via a consent order. Pursuant to the terms of…
Case Law Update: Child Support
Craven County o/b/o Wooten v. Hageb, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, June 1, 2021 (Child Support) Father and mother have two children together. Father…
Case Law Update: AOC 50C Order
DiPrima v. Vann, COA20-545, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, May 18, 2021 A sixteen-year-old plaintiff sought a 50C order against a seventeen-year-old…
Landmark Decision: Constitutionality of 50B’s Exclusion of Same-Sex Dating Partners
M.E. v. T.J., decided North Carolina Court of Appeals, December 31, 2020 (Constitutionality of 50B’s exclusion of same-sex dating partners) In 1979, the…
September 2020 Cases: UCCJEA, Attorney’s Fees Reversal
Halili v. Ramnishta, Court of Appeals, September 1, 2020 (UCCJEA, inconvenient forum) Mother, Father, and minor child lived in New York, but visited North…
Case Law Update: ED and Classification of Life Insurance Proceeds
Richter v. Richter, decided COA June 2, 2020 (equitable distribution, classification of life insurance proceeds) During the time Husband and Wife were married…
Case Law Update: DVPO and Personal Jurisdiction
Mucha v. Wagner, decided COA June 2, 2020 (DVPO, personal jurisdiction) Plaintiff and Defendant had been in a romantic relationship until Plaintiff ended it…
Case Law Update: Supreme Court on Custody and Denial of Visitation
Routten v. Routten, N.C. Supreme Court, decided June 5, 2020 (custody, denial of visitation) After finding that visitation with Mother would not be in the…
UCCJEA, International Custody Order
Hamdan v. Freitekh, decided May 19, 2020 During the marriage, Mother and the children lived in Israel, while Father lived in Palestine. Mother and the…