How To Handle Co-Parenting Issues

Question: I need some marriage separation advice on how to handle my children’s sleeping arrangements and if there is an issue of child neglect while my wife and I are going through our divorce. She is allowing my minor stepdaughter, who is 17, to spend the night in the same …

Marriage Separation Advice For Pursuing Abandonment Grounds

Question: What marriage separation advice do you have for pursuing grounds of abandonment in a divorce? My wife and I have filed for divorce. Since the time of our separation roughly 6 months ago, she has only come back to the marital home for a few days to spend minimal …

During Legal Separation Do I Have To Pay Alimony

Ask A Lawyer Question: I chose to file for legal separation from my wife for various reasons. We have been separated for 2 weeks. In North Carolina a couple must be separated for one year before they can file for divorce. During the separation period will I need to pay …

Do child custody laws prevent my wife from moving out with my children?

Question: How do child custody laws work when we are still legally married? My wife wants to move out of the marital home and take our child with her, denying me my rights to visitation. Do I have any legal rights to keep her from taking our child with her …

Parenting Time: Unable To Reach Child Custody Agreements

Question: I need legal separation advice since I have been legally separated from my wife for over a year, but we still cannot reach a child custody agreement. She refuses to sign any parenting time document unless she gets everything she wants. Now she says I am not allowed to …

Separation Advice For Wife’s Retroactive Support Request

Question: My legal separation advice question is about child support laws when requesting retroactive child support during the pendency of divorce. My wife left me six months ago. In her filing for divorce, she requested I pay her retroactive child support starting from the moment she moved out of the …

Paying Bills During Separation

Question: I need marriage separation advice on paying bills during the pendency of a divorce. We have been separated for several months but neither of us have paid the other anything to help with rent, bills, child support, etc. Should I be paying her anything during this separation period or …

Separation Tips On Restraining Orders To Protect Property

Question: I need some marriage separation advice on how to protect my personal property during a divorce. After I asked my wife for a separation, she served me with a restraining order prohibiting me from entering the marital home. Later at court, I was granted access to the home in …

Suing for back child support during the separation period

Question: Do child support laws cover me if I paid an amount of support we agreed to, but now my wife is claiming I owe her back child support? She moved out a year ago and I have diligently paid her even though we aren’t even legally separated. Now she …

Can A Separation Agreement Be Revoked?

Question: I am looking for legal separation advice. If we are still married, can a separation agreement be put in place that would outline all issues (property division, parenting time, etc.) that cannot be revoked by future divorce proceedings?