Craig Lyndon
The law firm of Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty, PLLC, is proud to announce that William W. Jordan and Everett B. Saslow, Jr. have been included in the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers in America. Will, continually listed since 1995, is included in the Family Law Section. Rett, included since 2010, is named to the…
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by: Richard T. Granowsky, J.D. August 11, 2017 Three is a magic number in NC Workers’ Compensation. For most businesses, three is the number of employees that means you need to buy and maintain workers’ compensation insurance. Unfortunately, it is not always clear who counts as an employee under the NC Workers’ Compensation Act (“the…
Read MoreHere, we give you factors affecting the amount and duration of alimony. If a court determines that there is a dependent spouse and a supporting spouse, the court can order an alimony award, so long as the award is equitable, after considering the relevant factors of the case. Although a court has wide discretion in…
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Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty is proud to share that Family Law partners Elaine Hedrick Ashley and Michele Smith have just completed their ninth consecutive participation in the annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in San Francisco, California. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is an annual event held in seven cities across the country.…
Read MoreCourt-ordered alimony is only available from a “supporting spouse” to a “dependent spouse,” meaning only a dependent spouse may receive alimony. North Carolina law defines a dependent spouse as “a husband or wife, who is actually substantially dependent upon the other spouse for his or her maintenance and support or is substantially in need of…
Read MoreAlimony is defined under North Carolina law as “an order for payment for the support and maintenance of a spouse or former spouse, periodically or in a lump sum, for a specified or for an indefinite term, ordered in an action for divorce, whether absolute or from bed and board, or in an action for…
Read MorePursuant to statute, post-separation support terminates at the earlier of (i) the date set by the court for termination, if any; (ii) the date of death of either party; (iii) the occurrence of the remarriage or cohabitation of the dependent spouse; (iv) or the date on which alimony is allowed or denied.
Read MorePost-separation support, which is sometimes referred to as temporary alimony, is spousal support paid for a limited period of time, typically until an alimony award is made. The elements needed to prove a post-separation support claim are similar to the alimony elements discussed below, including the need to establish that one of the spouses is…
Read MoreOnly custody orders (as opposed to agreements entered into outside of court) can be modified through the court system. If there is a custody order, these orders can be modified when one of the parents successfully shows that circumstances have substantially changed since the previous custody order and that those changes have affected the welfare…
Read MoreIn North Carolina, if the parties are not able to come to an agreement on a custodial schedule, a custody action may be filed by either parent in District Court in the county in which the child resides. It is important to note that a court will not be able to hear the case unless the…
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