If you need to speak with an experienced Huntersville alimony attorney, contact Adkins Law. One of our Huntersville alimony lawyer will arrange a family law consultation with you to discuss your strategies and options moving forward.
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Contact Adkins Law to speak with an experienced Huntersville divorce attorney about your family law matter. One of our Huntersville divorce lawyers will arrange a family law consultation with you to discuss your strategies and options moving forward. Take a look at the December 2014 issue of Huntersville Magazine featuring Adkins Law PLLC. Adkins Law PLLC is located in Huntersville, North Carolina and primarily serves Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area. If you need to speak with a divorce attorney, traffic attorney, or estate planning attorney, contact Adkins Law PLLC. If you know you are in a dead relationship and are planning to get a divorce, there are a number of things you need to understand and plan for. Under North Carolina law, to get a divorce, you are required to live separate and apart for a year and a day. This separation period must be continuous and requires that the parties live in different residences. Additionally, at least one party must have lived in the state for at least six months prior to filing for the divorce. Before filing for divorce, however, it is extremely important that the parties have divided up their property and determined any potential alimony. Any claim for equitable distribution, or property division, must be made prior to the divorce being finalized or a court will have no authority to divide the property. The same is true for alimony. If a claim for alimony is not made before a divorce is finalized, no claim for alimony may be made in the future. A court would not have the authority to enter such an order. For this reason, it is very common for parties to enter into a separation agreement before they are divorced. Most commonly, a separation agreement covers property division and alimony. Separation agreements may also discuss child custody and child support. For most parties, its beneficial to enter into a separation agreement because it saves them money (no drawn out attorney and litigation expenses) and gives them more control over what is in the agreement (the parties determine the terms of the agreement, not a judge). If you are considering a divorce, it is highly recommended that you seek a consultation with a divorce attorney. Whether you decide to use an attorney or handle your own case, a consultation with a divorce attorney can at least give you information on your rights and what direction you need to take. If you would like to schedule a consultation with a divorce attorney, contact Adkins Law. Adkins Law is located in Huntersville NC and serves Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area. How do I get a divorce? This is a common question for people seeking the services of a divorce attorney. North Carolina is a no-fault divorce jurisdiction. This basically means that you do not need a reason to seek a divorce. Statutorily, to file for divorce in North Carolina, you must have lived separate and apart for at least a year and a day, and have resided in North Carolina for at least 6 months before filing for divorce. Before considering divorce it is highly recommended that you seek a consultation with a divorce attorney. Divorce can be very simple or very complicated. Typically, the longer a couple has been married, the more assets they have acquired and the more likely they have children. Assets and children are often the primarily litigious issues in divorce. During a consultation, a divorce attorney can assist you in developing a strategy for protecting yourself, separating, asserting any claims you may have, and filing for divorce. Understand that once a husband and wife separate, certain claims must be filed before the divorce is finalized or they are lost forever. This mainly comes into play when we are talking about alimony and equitable distribution. If no claims are made for these issues before the divorce is finalized, the claims will not exist. A divorce attorney can help determine what actions you need to file and when you need to file them. Once you have hired a divorce attorney that works well for you, have an honest consultation to determine the best strategy to take during the divorce. Although this is an extremely stressful situation for you, your divorce attorney likely deals with divorce issues on a daily basis and may be able to provide you with sound advice concerning your divorce. Once you’ve developed a sound strategy concerning your divorce, do your best to abide by this. Although this may be hard, the majority of divorces end in separation agreement with the parties consenting to stipulations concerning the divorce. Thus, if applicable to your situation, consider the fact that negotiations and consent agreements are preferable in divorce. This saves both sides money, time, stress, privacy, and gives more control over the decisions that are made. If you are considering divorce and need to speak with a divorce attorney concerning the divorce process in Mecklenburg County, please contact Adkins Law to schedule a consultation. Adkins Law is located in Huntersville and primarily serves Huntersville, the Lake Norman area, and the greater Charlotte area. In North Carolina, to get a divorce, you must live separate and apart for at least a year and a day. This means that someone has to move out of the marital home. But who should move out of the house? Usually, the party who wants to separate, and who has initiated the divorce process, is the party that moves out. Unless living with your spouse has become violent or absolutely unbearable, you really need to think before you move out. Moving out can be very expensive! Of course, divorce is expensive and someone eventually has to move out anyways. Once you move out, not only will you be responsible for an additional mortgage or rent payments, you will have additional utility payments, transportation expenses, and additional expenses concerning any children. Consider now, for example, that you’ll also have to furnish your new residence, which may be very expensive, especially if you have to purchase additional bedroom furniture for children. Moving out also leads to stress with your spouse about who covers what expense. The spouse who remains in the marital home, for example, will most likely still expect the spouse who moved out to contribute to the mortgage, utility bills, grocery bills, etc. This may lead to arguing and stress with your spouse. You must also consider how you are going to deal with co-parenting now that you have two households. Divorce impacts children hard. Not only are their parents living apart now, the children are learning how to live in more than one residence. The parents are also adjusting to sharing the children and the additional responsibilities that come along with maintaining two households for their children. This can be stressful and difficult. Additionally, you must be careful not to date before you move out. If one party hasn’t moved out of the house, the parties are not separated. If the parties are not separated, you cannot date. If you do date before one party moves out, this may affect alimony. When you are considering divorce, speak to a divorce attorney before you begin to date. Obviously, someone has to move out in a divorce. Before you decide to move out, take time to consider the implications. This is going to affect you financially and emotionally. This will also have an extreme impact on children. Divorce is not easy. Seek a consultation with a divorce attorney before you consider moving out of the marital home. A divorce attorney will be able to give you legal advice as to how you should proceed based on your situation. If you need legal counsel concerning divorce, please contact Adkins Law to speak to a divorce lawyer. Adkins Law is located in Huntersville and primarily serves Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area. Picking a divorce attorney can be difficult. Like selecting a doctor, accountant, or any other type of professional, you must ensure that the relationship works for both of you. Your divorce attorney is someone that you can confide in and discuss matters honestly and completely. Thus, your divorce attorney needs to be someone you are comfortable with and someone you trust. Referrals from friends, advertisements, and Internet searches are all good places to start looking for a divorce attorney. You should consider a few that you find and give them a call to determine their availability, pricing, and arrange a consultation. After speaking with the attorney, consider whether you’re a good fit for each other and whether the pricing seems reasonable before you hire him or her. No one can guarantee results. This is true in any professional field. If someone tells you otherwise they are probably misleading you. You must be able to judge for yourself whether you think you and your attorney are a good match and can work together to resolve your issues. If you would like to speak to a divorce attorney in Huntersville NC, please contact Adkins Law. Adkins Law is located in Huntersville and primarily serves Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area. If Adkins Law is unable to assist you, we will help you find the best divorce attorney for your needs. Divorce can lead to the worst in people. One dirty divorce strategy is conflicting out attorneys to prevent your spouse from retaining representation. Typically, this is done by scheduling consultations with several reputable divorce attorneys and sharing confidential information with them. Once a certain amount of confidential information is shared with the attorney, an attorney-client relationship is formed, which prevents the attorney from representing the other spouse. Consider this situation, for example: John and Jane live in a small town and decide they are going to separate and seek a divorce. In this town, it is well know that Mike, Tim, and Sam are the most reputable divorce attorneys. John seeks consultations with Mike, Tim, and Sam and shares confidential information with all of them. John then decides to hire Mike as his attorney. Jane is now prevented from hiring Tim or Sam. Instead, Jane must either seek a less reputable attorney or seek an attorney from a different town. Although John could have legitimately been seeking the best attorney possible, he could also have been seeking to prevent Jane from hiring a reputable attorney. While this is easier to do in a small town, it is also easy to do with the most reputable divorce attorneys in any location. If you believe your spouse is attempting to do this, you need to take steps quickly to find and hire a reputable divorce attorney. If you need legal counsel concerning a divorce, contact Adkins Law to schedule a consultation with a divorce attorney. Adkins Law is located in Huntersville and primarily serves Mecklenburg County and the Lake Norman area. |
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