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Overbilled and out of luck
A Wake County man whose wages were wrongly double garnished for past-due child support after he had already settled his debt — a mistake that cost him more than $15,000 […]
Not nice, mom
When Monica Lueallen received a temporary court order to pay child support to her soon-to-be ex-husband, Mike, she scoffed. “I’m a mom and moms don’t pay child support,” she said. […]
Cash kept in box shows child support, court rules
A father who squirreled away money for his daughter by making regular cash deposits into a lockbox he kept at his residence had done enough to show that he had […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Support – Income – Housing Allowance – Deviation from Guidelines
Cumberland County ex rel. Clark v. Cheeks (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-104-16, 8 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Cumberland County District Court ((Cheri Siler-Mack, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Support – Guidelines – Percentage of Income – Poverty Level
Eagle v. Eagle (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-076-16, 8 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from New Hanover County District Court (Robin Wicks Robinson, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: After two […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Support – Civil Practice – Contempt – Appeals
Smith v. Smith (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-144-16, 21 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) (John Tyson, J., dissenting) COA14-331. Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Donnie Hoover, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Usually, […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Support – School Attendance – Autism Spectrum
Malone v. Hutchinson-Malone (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-114-16, 10 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Durham County District Court (Doretta Walker, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where the parties’ incorporated separation agreement […]
Domestic Relations – Civil Practice – Intervention – Child Support Enforcement Agency
Hunt v. Hunt (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-110-16, 12 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from New Hanover County District Court (Lindsey Luther, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Once the plaintiff-mother applied for […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Permanent Support Order – Subsequent Mediated Agreement – No Changed Circumstances
Catawba County ex rel. Rackley v. Loggins (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-103-16, 14 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Catawba County District Court (Gregory Hayes, J.) N.C. App. Holding: When […]
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Support – Civil Practice – Contempt – Ability to Pay
D’Alessandro v. D’Alessandro (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-038-16, 11 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Lori Christian, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The defendant-father provided testimony […]
I’m afraid I can’t do that, sir
One of the first things Sidebar learned in the military was the phrase, “immediate obedience to orders.” (Now, whether he ever absorbed the actual concept is arguable.) Simply put, it […]
Domestic Relations — Child Support – Attorney’s Fees – Ability to Defray the Costs of Litigation
Brownstead v. Brownstead (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-0691, 17 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Paige McThenia, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The defendant-father’s failure to […]
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