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Ex-It StrategyPodcast 45 Hosts/Participants  Elizabeth Stephenson, Sarah Hink, Jen Bordeaux   Elizabeth: Hello everyone. I’m Elizabeth Stephenson with New Direction Family Law.  Sarah: And I’m Sarah Hink, Elizabeth’s law partner and we are so happy to be here with you…
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Parenting Plans in Child Custody Cases

Parenting Plans in Child Custody Cases

Child Custody
Co-parents involved in child custody cases may agree to parenting plans. A parenting plan is an agreement between parents of a child that discusses their rights and responsibilities moving forward. Parenting plans are common when couples who have a child…
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Holiday Visitation and Co-Parenting

Child Custody
Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching fast. This is a stressful time for many people, as it means navigating COVID-19 while trying to have some semblance of normalcy with family. When parents of minor children are separated, the holidays take on…
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Legal Custody for North Carolina Parents

Child Custody
Legal Custody versus Physical Custody In North Carolina, a parent’s rights are divided into two categories of custody: physical custody and legal custody. When most people think of “custody”, they generally think of the right to possession of the children:…
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Essential Details in a Child Custody Order

Child Custody
The separation announcement of actors Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan last year stunned many fans of the Hollywood couple, who had bought into the blissful image they had curated through years of Instagram posts and entertainment interviews. While the two…
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Social Media, Divorce, and Child Custody

Social Media, Divorce, and Child Custody

Child Custody
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter–Social media has created an era where people have become incredibly public in the way they express their opinions and what happens in their daily lives. Whether they film YouTube confessional videos, live stream their evenings,…
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Preparing Your Children For College

Preparing Your Children For College

Child CustodyParenting
By now, you are likely familiar with the college cheating scandal that has engulfed many top tier universities across the country. Labeled “Operation Varsity Blues” by federal investigators, many wealthy parents were caught paying large sums of money to a…
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