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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Complaint Intake Unit is available to receive healthcare complaints regarding the care and services provided to patients, residents or consumers by health care facilities, agencies, or homes licensed by the Division of Health Service Regulation. These facilities include: Complaints may be

North Carolina does not require separation agreements for the husband and wife to be considered separated. Generally, however, the best way of outlining each spouse’s obligations is through a properly drafted separation agreement. Separation agreements can outline spousal support, alimony, child support, child custody, and child visitation, and can greatly

Separation agreements and property settlement agreements are effective in dealing with the countless rights and obligation following a marital separation. A separation agreement or property settlement agreement in its most basic form can accomplish the objectives to protect assets, protect against future claims for alimony, resolve disputes over marital property

Separation agreements are critical documents in the event a husband and wife end marital relations. It is very important to ensure the separation agreements are drafted correctly. Separation agreements must follow specific North Carolina requirements to be enforceable. In North Carolina, a separation agreement must follow certain rules to be

After separation, many family law rights should be immediately asserted or else they may be lost or waived forever. Without a separation agreement or property settlement agreement, various rights and obligations may be unclear to the husband and wife, as well as to third parties. Occasionally, even with a separation

If you are injured while on the job, you usually have the right to file a claim under North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system.  Unfortunately, the amount recoverable in the workers’ compensation system is minimal – sometimes limited only to medical expenses and 2/3 of past and future diminished earning capacity. 

There are several legal effects of divorce that you should anticipate and prepare for, including name changes, impact on wills and estates, destruction of equitable distribution or alimony rights, and property rights. Once divorced, the ex- husband and wife are immediately restored to the “single person” status they had before

Courts proceed cautiously in considering whether to modify an amount of alimony due to a change in financial circumstances of the parties. If the change in circumstances was expected at the time of the original award of alimony, that change would not be enough to modify the alimony. Slight fluctuations