Dixon v. Dixon (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-16-1065, 8 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Rowan County District Court (Beth Dixon, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The pro se defendant acknowledges that the basis for his motion under N.C. R. Civ ...

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If “World’s Greatest Husband” were a formal competition, one man in Mecklenburg County could be safely removed from the running after he got a divorce judgment on the sly and then tried to keep it in his back pocket in ...

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Chen v. Zou (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-1047, 10 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (David Strickland, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Since the plaintiff-husband knew the defendant-wife was in New York City, service of process by publication ...

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The comedian Louis C.K. likes to say that a divorce, paradoxically, is always good news—it frees the participants to move on to something happier, and you never hear anyone complain that their divorce is falling apart. On social media, some ...

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BALTIMORE, MD – Estate-planning attorneys have taken on increased importance with the rise in blended families over the past generation. Forty percent of marriages are remarriages and, since 1980, the number of people who have married multiple times has nearly ...

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The word ‘crisis’ has become ubiquitous in news stories about unpaid student loans, which now total an estimated $1.2 trillion. But the North Carolina Court of Appeals has introduced a new term into the student loan lexicon: marital debt.

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Divorce lawyers, beware. Tech-savvy clients may be arriving at your office bringing a host of ethical—and even criminal—problems wrapped up with their domestic cases. They may be using cell phone software to illegally gather information, or they themselves may be ...

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Campbell v. Campbell (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-07-0977, 12 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from Forsyth County District Court (William Reingold, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order setting aside a judgment of absolute divorce and allowing ...

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MILWAUKEE — Now that we’re in the thick of winter and as Oscar season approaches, thoughts turn to spending some time at the warm local cinema for diversion. But a film I won’t be seeing anytime soon is a new ...

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In 2009, family law practitioners were worried. The phones were quiet and new clients were walking through the door with less frequency. The Great Recession was so bad, couples were actually waiting to divorce. With 401(k) plans and stocks low and some houses so underwater they were basically upside down, even the most incompatible couples could not afford to establish two separate households.

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