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Category Archives: Child Custody

Don’t Ask Your Lawyer If You Should File for Custody of Your Children

Your lawyer doesn’t know your children. He or she doesn’t know what is in your children’s best interest. Your attorney can advise you about […]

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Divorce From Hell: How Does Adultery Effect Custody?

Clara Louisa and William Middleton were married for fifteen years.  Unfortunately for them, only ten of those years were worth remembering.  At the ten-year […]

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How to Get a Fair Child Support Amount

In North Carolina, as in most states, child support is mostly a matter of a mathematical calculation.  Getting a fair child support amount depends […]

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6 Reasons You May Not Want a Judge to Decide Who Should Have Custody of Your Children

The Judge may be allow personal biases to guide their decisions. The Judge does not know you. The Judge does not know your children. […]

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10 Things You Should Bring to Your Initial Child Custody Consultation with an Attorney

1.  The 0pposing parent’s home address 2.  The 0pposing parent’s work address 3.  A list of addresses where the child/ren resided during the previous […]

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Seven Factors That Can Make a Parent Unfit to Have Custody

Drug Abuse Alcohol Abuse Physical Abuse Neglect Abandonment Emotional Abuse Sexual Abuse   Photo Credit: _RSL_ on Visual Hunt

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Six Things You Should Know About Visitation

1.  Parents who don’t get custody have a legal right to visitation. 2.  Your child/ren are not allowed to decide whether or not they […]

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Child Custody and Visitation 101

As with everything else in divorce, things are ideal when both parties can agree on the question of custody of the children.  Generally, the […]

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5 Benefits of Participating In Child Custody Mediation

Mediation can save you money. It will cost you thousands of dollars to use an attorney to help you resolve legal issues with your […]

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21 Things That Are Not In Your Children’s Best Interest

Bad mouthing the opposing parent in the presence of your children. Questioning your children about what goes on during their time with the opposing […]

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Jackie Stanley, a graduate of Wake Forest University Law School (1990) has been in private practice since 2001.  She serves on the board of the Women’s Resource Center, volunteers on a free attorney hotline, and conducts free monthly “Breaking Up and Moving On” divorce workshops.  She has co-authored and authored 11 books including How to File for Divorce in North Carolina.

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