To be legally separated in North Carolina, a couple must be living separate and apart and at least one of the parties must intend for that the separation be permanent. A married couple cannot live in the same residence and…
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Stallard & Bellof is here for you and your family during this difficult and unprecedented time. Although the Coronavirus or Covid-19 may be wreaking havoc on life as we knew it, we are hard at work. We are making sure…
File for Modification of Child Support Immediately
More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week and more than 10 million people have filed new claims for unemployment in the last two weeks. If you have recently lost your job and if you owe child support…
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Co-Parenting
We are living through an unprecedented time. Mecklenburg County announced yesterday that its residents and visitors are being ordered to stay at home beginning on March 26th at 8:00 am. Residents and visitors are ordered to stay at home unless…
How to Prepare for Your First Meeting with a Divorce Attorney
After months of struggling in your marriage or after finding out that your spouse has filed for divorce you make the call to set up an appointment with a divorce attorney. You are upset…
How Do I File For Divorce if I Don’t Know Where My Spouse is Located?
In order to file a lawsuit against a person or entity, you must serve them with process. “Process” is a legal word that means the plaintiff must put the defendant on notice that he/she is being sued. Usually this is…
The First Step in Getting a Divorce
You have decided that you want a divorce from your spouse. Your mind is made up. Perhaps you have been arguing for years and you have finally decided the marriage cannot be saved and you want to move forward. What…
Collaborative Divorce
Divorce is tough on all of the people involved. The traditional divorce can make the problems a couple has during the marriage even worse due to the adversarial process of a divorce in the court system. Attorneys and therapists who…
What is Parental Alienation Syndrome?
Going through a divorce can be one of the most devastating time periods in a person’s life. Children of parents going through a divorce sometimes suffer excessively if one or both of their parents cannot separate their emotions regarding the…