General Knowledge

In February of 2005 the Family Court in Wake County, NC approved a consent order awarding Husband just over $106,000 in retirement funds to be paid to him from his Wife’s 401(k) by way of QDRO.  The requisite documents were never submitted to the trial court, and the ordered amounts were neve...

North and South Carolina are both equitable distributions states when it comes to divorce. This broadly means that all property acquired during the marriage will be considered marital for purposes of equitable apportionment.   While this may seem simple, those of us that do this work know the t...

No one on this earth lives free from exposure to consequences of other peoples actions.  When people are suffering terribly it effects all of us- just look to Ukraine as the most recent example. ...

Most people think mediation is a cooperative process where everyone sits around a table and calmly resolve all issues in the dispute rationally and with dignity. In Family law? Not quite.  In fact, family law mediations are so contentious that the parties cannot even be in same room.  Much of this...

I have heard in the media and among my liberal friends that Brittany was playing basketball in Russia because she could not earn enough income in the USA.  She was being very poorly paid when compared to NBA pay and needed to go overseas to make ends meet.  So I looked into this a bit, […]...

A criminal offense must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.  This is a high burden and is very difficult to establish.  If a woman gets an abortion, she can only be convicted if a jury of 12 unanimously agree that it happened. So how does this work? First there has to be an allegatio...

Family law mediation...