​So you feel like you have drawn an unfavorable Judge and want another? How do you go about getting your Judge disqualified and being assigned a new one in civil or criminal court? Although it may appear obvious to you that your Judge has it out for you, having a new one assigned is no easy task. This may be especially frustrating if your case is an ongoing child custody or divorce battle where the same Judge keeps ruling against you over and over, perhaps for years. 

Child support terminates at age 18 in North Carolina unless the child is still in high school. If the child is still in high school child support may extend until age 20 if the child is still making satisfactory progress towards graduation. In no event should child support extend past age 20 under North Carolina law unless a parent has voluntarily agreed to continue support for an extended period pursuant to a contract or separation agreement. 

All actions filed on or after October 1, 2015 in North Carolina now require automatic disclosure of expert witnesses to be used at trial. This is a departure from the old rule that required no disclosure absent specific discovery requests, such as interrogatories. The purpose of the new rule is to promote transparency and fairness. The update to NC Rules on expert witnesses moves NC more towards the Federal Rule 26(b)(4).

A divorce from bed and board under North Carolina law is not an actual divorce that dissolves a marriage, but instead Is a judicial separation based upon martial fault.

If you are going through a divorce or custody battle and have a Facebook page you need to be on high alert. Even the most innocent picture of you holding a beer can be used as evidence at trial that you are an alcoholic. Your EX likely has access to your page even if you have a private page. You never know which one of your “friends” is really their friend as well. Go ahead and change all your account passwords for everything including banks, email, and social media. There may be hacker software on your computer or phone without you ever knowing.