by Nicole Sodoma
If you’re planning on hosting a party this holiday season and serving alcohol to your guests, you need to be aware of North Carolina’s “social host liability” law and how it may affect your responsibility for accidents or injuries caused by guests attending your...
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by Nicole Sodoma
We are so pleased to welcome attorney Edward S. Garrett to Sodoma Law. Mr. Garrett joins us as a Family Law Attorney with a very interesting and extensive background. After practicing for several years in Raleigh, as Law Clerk for the Court of Appeals, he has joined...
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by Nicole Sodoma
Common Law Marriage is not recognized in North Carolina; however, “if the acts alleged to have created it took place in a state in which such a marriage is valid” North Carolina will recognize the marriage. State v. Alford, 298 N.C. 465, 473, 259 S.E.2d 242, 247...
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by Nicole Sodoma
The 2009 Court of Appeals case Sluder v. Sluder addresses this very issue. Husband signed a statement that was handwritten promising to pay Wife $1,000.00 per month in spousal support. The handwritten statement was as follows: “I Gary M. Sluder pay to my wife...
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by Nicole Sodoma
Child Custody Orders may be modified based on a substantial change in circumstances which warrant a modification of the existing child custody order. The substantial change of circumstances must affect the welfare of the minor child. To many, this standard may seem...
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