Why Family Law is Different

Family law cases are different.  They cannot be handled like a typical business law, personal injury or criminal case.  But, these differences arise not so much from the technical aspects of a case as the practical aspects.  From a technical standpoint,...

How to Save Cell Phone Text Messages for Later Use

A significant amount of communication between spouses and ex-spouses now occurs by text.  This is convenient for the parties, but can present some problems in terms of preserving these communications as evidence for a court proceeding. The challenge is to figure...

Early Days of Divorce Are Crucial

The way that a couple handles the earliest days of their divorce play a crucial role in how their divorce plays out.  If the days and weeks right after one spouse breaks the news of a desired divorce are not handled properly, then the couple all but assures...

The Law of Collaborative Divorce in North Carolina

Some family lawyers and clients think of Collaborative Divorce as being a non-legal process.  In fact, one of the biggest misconceptions about Collaborative Divorce is that it is an extra-legal or non-law based process. That may be true in some...

Weather Related Divorces

As chronicled in this recent article, the trauma of Hurricane Katrina may well have played a role in an increased divorce rate for Katrina survivors and refugees.  While the weather may not have caused divorces, the tragedy experienced by many people may have...