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Domestic Relations – Child Custody – Visitation – Costs – Interest – Rule 11 – Sanctions

Peters v. Pennington. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0215, 42 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court. (Rebecca T. Tin, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding:  Where there was evidence ...

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Domestic Relations – Child Custody – Modification of Existing Order – Substantial Change in Circumstances – Prejudicial Error

Keaton v. Keaton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-1069, 19 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (Charlie Brown, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court’s findings ...

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Domestic Relations – Child Custody – G.S. § 50-13.7(a) – Change in Circumstances – Modification

Patten v. Werner. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by finding that the effects of substantial changes in circumstances on a minor child were self-evident, justifying a modification of a prior child custody order. We affirm the trial court's order modifying the prior custody order so as to grant primary physical custody to the defendant-father and secondary physical custody and liberal visitation to the plaintiff-mother.

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