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Holidays!
School is back in session. Labor Day has passed. Next up: the highly anticipated holiday season! When many of us think of the holidays, images of children trick-or-treating, a big turkey dinner...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
Today marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Tradition dictates that followers of Judaism observe the holiday by taking time for personal reflection and...
Ready or Not! Back to School!
For many two household families, back to school means adjusted parenting schedules, alternating holidays and vacations, organizing school pickups and planning after school activities. It is...
Children Come First In Divorce – Survey Says
When you can no longer ignore your unhealthy marriage, do you wonder why you are inclined to stick it out while your neighbor has bitten the bullet and separated or filed for divorce? Is it because...
Funding for Family Courts
If you practice family law in North Carolina, you will recall the numerous emails received in June and July 2014 regarding the proposed state budget and its drastic cuts to the funding for our...
Sodoma Law: Stewards of Children
Several of the attorneys at Sodoma Law were proud to participate in the “Stewards of Children” training by Pat’s Place. Stewards of Children is a sexual abuse prevention training program that...
Divorce from Bed and Board
Did you know that a “divorce from bed and board” does not actually divorce you from your spouse? A claim for divorce from bed and board is filed when a married couple lives together, one party has...
Separation Agreement – Is Self-Help Form Enough?
In the high-tech digital age in which we live, you can find so much information online, including fill-in-the-blank self-help documents that purport to help you handle your entire divorce without...
Need an Estate Planning Attorney?
Do you have an estate plan in place? Do you know who your children would live with if you died tomorrow? Do you know how your assets would be distributed? These are tough topics that no one likes...
Same-Sex Marriage (Almost) Legal in VA. North Carolina Next?
Late Wednesday afternoon, the US Supreme Court issued a one page order granting a stay of the decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that VA’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. ...