Is your nagging what caused your divorce? Charlotte divorce attorney, David Self, joins us this week to discuss the 5 unexpected behaviors that lead to divorce, as well as how to handle child custody and support issues using helpful tools like the Rosen NC Child Support Calculator.

Could you take your husband’s mistress to court? Charlotte divorce attorney, Erin Clarey, joins us this week to discuss how Alienation of Affection works, as well as what means of surveillance are legal between spouses.

Can your spouse use your Facebook as evidence against you during a divorce? Raleigh divorce attorney, Melissa Essick, joins us this week to discuss  what NOT to post on your Facebook once separated, as well as what North Carolina courts and couples define as a separation.

Is the down economy to blame for your divorce? Charlotte divorce attorney, Erin Clarey, joins us this week to discuss how an unfavorable economy can affect a marriage, as well as a divorce.

Does your short-lived marriage qualify for an annulment?  Better yet, is your spouse able to take half of your property? Raleigh divorce attorney, Kristin Stroud, joins us this week to discuss the ins and outs of property distribution and your options for trying to get out of a bad marriage.

Will your actions cost you your child custody?  Our guest, Raleigh divorce attorney Crystal Russ,  joins us this week to discuss the 7 things that could cost you your child custody, as well as what it takes to have a case for alienation of affection.

How will you fare in your divorce settlement? Our guest, Charlotte Divorce Attorney Erin Clarey,  joins us this week to discuss how outlandish celebrity divorce settlements can relate to you, as well as how to modify child custody when dealing with an inconsiderate co-parent

Could your parents get custody of your children? Raleigh Divorce Attorney Scott Allen joins host Stephanie Lockwood to discuss the latest laws and rulings as they relate to grandparents gaining custody, as well as how to collect unpaid child support.

Child support payments going unpaid? It could mean prison time for you. Raleigh Divorce Attorney Kristin Stroud joins host Stephanie Lockwood to discuss the ins and outs of child support, as well as equitable distribution.

Have you been wondering what you’re going to have to pay? Raleigh divorce lawyer Lee Rosen and Cary divorce lawyer Scott Allen join us to talk about child custody and the guidelines in North Carolina.

Under what circumstances should you file for child custody? Raleigh divorce lawyer Lee Rosen joins us to talk about what situations would warrant making your case to have custody of your children.

I first heard of the documentary film “Support? System Down” earlier today (although it has been out for more than a year). The site provides a number of trailers for the film which will be playing in New York this weekend. Clearly, the film comes at the issue from a certain perspective. There aren’t many family law documentaries so it seems to me that it’s worth paying attention.

Here is part of the synopsis of the film from their website – “SUPPORT? is a film that covers the everyday issues of stress, family, struggle, and suffering that families experience when put through the detrimental, winding maneuvers of the Family Court systems, which are flooded with more cases than the labor force can handle or chooses NOT to handle.

Finally, a shocking documentary that exposes the truth! Hear what experts say about how some have figured out how to make money by emphasizing on divorce and child support issues between men and women through court orders. Parents are made to pay exorbitant amounts of money in exchange for their CREDIT, HOMES, BANK ACCOUNTS, and even their FREEDOM!”

Filling out FAFSA forms can be a nightmare, but being divorced can actually help your budding student receive more financial aid. The forms only require that the custodial parent’s income and assets be listed.

The definition of a nuclear family has changed, but now some sperm donors are fighting against paying child support because they don’t believe they should be held responsible. A lesbian couple in the U.K. wanted to start a family, but going through a registered IVC clinic was too involved so they asked their friend to be the sperm donor. The lesbian couple has since split up and now one of the partners is going after the sperm donor for child support.

Should the sperm donor be held financially responsible?

In a recent article on TIME.com, journalist Coco Masters explores the results the Iraq war is having on soldiers and their family life. According to recent studies, the rate of neglect and abuse among children of service men and women sent on combat mission has risen by 42%.

What measures do you think could be taken to help the spouses and their family who remain at home?

If a divorced husband gets a paternity test that shows the children aren’t his, should he have to pay child support? A Colorado bill passed Monday will now make it harder for the state to require men to pay up who’ve proven the children aren’t theirs. This might be good for mistaken fathers, but what about the children left behind?

With Thanksgiving around the corner I had to post a little more info about laws on license restrictions for failure to pay child support. I don’t personally hunt, but I heard the Friday after Thanksgiving is a big day for those on a quest for game.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, every state has some version of a law that revokes licenses of parents who fail to pay child support. And it’s not just your hunting license, your drivers and professional licenses can be revoked by a judge too, if you fail to pay up.

Here are two N.C. statutes concerning this:
G.S. 50-13.12
G.S. 110-142.2

If you are a deadbeat parent in Michigan you could wind up losing your drivers license AND your dear hunting privileges. Would this be an incentive to pay up? North Carolina also has similar penalties for deadbeat parents.

Why do men suspect they are not the father? Studies show most of the time they are. Only about 2% of men who test their paternity are actually not the biological father. With current divorce rates, paternity tests are ever increasing.

A woman is suing a sperm donor saying he must pay child support and provide a college fund for the daughter he created, simply by donating his sperm. But the mother is the sperm donor’s ex-girlfriend. Should there be a law that one can only be strictly a sperm donor to a woman if and only if the donor has never had a relationship with that woman?