We are officially in the midst of the best season of the year. No, I’m not referring to the pumpkin-filled days of Fall. I’m talking about football season. But as we don our team colors and cheer on our favorite players, the on-field battles aren’t the only ones that family…
Articles Posted in Custody
Ask Carolyn: My Child’s Mother is Unfit. What Can I Do?
Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.Dear Carolyn, I reluctantly entered into a consent child custody order with the mother of my child in 2013. We were never married and never actually lived together. The child is now five having been born in 2011. I get visitation under the 2013 order, but the court never heard…
Ask Carolyn: What is the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act?
Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.Dear Carolyn, I am the father of two children, ages 10 and 12. The mother of the children lives in West Virginia, where she moved after our divorce. The children were born and always have lived in North Carolina. The North Carolina order for custody allows the children to travel…
How Can I Make the Most of Time with My Kids?
Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.Dear Carolyn, I am a father of a beautiful 8-year-old daughter and a handsome 10-year-old son. I live here, but the mother lives in California. The mother has custody, but the children will be visiting with me for the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of…
Ask Carolyn: Will My Daughter’s Age Keep Me from Getting Custody?
Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.Dear Carolyn, I have a two year old daughter and the mother and I are facing a custody trial. The mother, in my opinion, has some mental disorders and has been treated for long-term depression. The mother breast fed, and mother and daughter are close. I feel, however, that I…
Ask Carolyn: Can DSS Use a Dropped 50B As Evidence of Child Abuse?
Hi, Ms. Carolyn My wife and I need some advice. In 2009, we had to see a judge in a matter of a 50B taken out by my stepson’s father based upon alleged child abuse. The 50B judge said that we would revisit the 50B issue after DSS finished their…
Ask Carolyn: Facebook Posts as Evidence in Custody Cases
Dear Carolyn, My ex is all over Facebook about what she did with the kids during Spring Break. She apparently took some young woman with her to babysit so she could spend more time with her boyfriend on the Florida beach. She posted my little boy “buck naked” on the…
Paternity and Custody
Dear Carolyn, I believe I am the Father of a son, but the Mother is married to someone else. I dated Mother while she and her husband were separated, but now they are back together. We had sex during the time we were dating and the child was born 9…
Danger Lurking Next Door
Dear Carolyn, I have been reading the horrid stories about children being left in hot cars. I also have been troubled by my next door neighbor leaving her seven-year-old son alone this summer while she goes to work. I have seen this mother lock the door when she leaves in…
Give Mediation a Chance
Dear Carolyn, I have a two-year-old and a five-year-old, and I am separated from their Father. I am filing for custody and divorce. I hear I am going to have to go to mediation with the Father, and I really don’t want to see him. I am not exactly afraid…