Posts by Allman Spry
Millennials Find Value In Prenuptial Agreements
According to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), family law attorneys are seeing an increase in the number of millennials requesting premarital or prenuptial agreements (“prenups”). In addition, 62% of the attorneys surveyed reported an increase in the total number of clients who are seeking prenups in the past three…
Read More >How Divorce Can Jeopardize Retirement
Spouses 50 and older often have similar questions when contemplating divorce: How will our retirement accounts be divided? Am I entitled to receive any of my wife’s/husband’s pension plan / 401(k)? Am I entitled to alimony? Will I have to pay my wife/husband alimony for the rest of my life? When will I be able…
Read More >Allman Spry Partner Joslin Davis Quoted by Forbes
Allman Spry Partner Joslin Davis Quoted by Forbes on Division of Property in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Divorce The highly publicized divorce pending between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has the media abuzz with curiosities related to how the celebrity couple will divide their immense wealth. According to Forbes, Pitt and Jolie have earned…
Read More >Allman Spry Partner Joslin Davis Quoted by TheWrap on Pitt Jolie Divorce
Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler, P.A. partner and family law specialist Joslin Davis was recently quoted in an article covering Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s pending divorce and the fate of the couple’s personal fortune and business interests. The article, What’s at Stake in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Half-a-Billion Dollar Divorce, is available…
Read More >Allman Spry Family Law Attorney Anna Warburton Munroe Appointed to Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Community Leadership Council
Allman Spry Family Law attorney Anna Warburton Munroe has been appointed to serve on the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Community Leadership Council. Anna will serve on the Community Leadership Council from 2016 to 2019 and will work alongside the Foundation to better understand the opportunities and challenges facing communities throughout North Carolina. For more information, please visit the…
Read More >Kim R. Bonuomo to Speak About Parenting Guidelines
Allman Spry partner Kim R. Bonuomo will speak about parenting time guidelines at the 2016 Family Law Fall Program hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Family Law Section. Kim’s presentation, Parenting Guidelines: A Summary of Existing Model Guidelines and What Other States Are Doing, will address how various states around the country use…
Read More >Why Recording Matters for Tenants
In North Carolina, the “race” to the local register of deeds still exists, and as some litigants know, that lesson can be an expensive one. Many commercial leases represent a substantial investment for tenants. Some of those leases have terms that last for decades. However, it is not unusual for commercial buildings to be bought…
Read More >II. Financial Powers of Attorney: Broad vs. Limited Powers
So, you have decided that you need a financial power of attorney. The next step is to decide what powers that attorney-in-fact/agent should have. A power of attorney can be very limited in scope, or it can be extremely broad. A broad power of attorney authorizes an agent to have access to, and to make…
Read More >Division of Proceeds from Partition Sale of Real Estate
When more than one person owns real property with others as joint tenants or as tenants in common, and one or more of the the cotenants disagree on whether the property should be sold, a partition proceeding may be instituted in Superior Court requesting that the Clerk of Superior Court allow a “partition” of the property. In other…
Read More >Allman Spry lawyer Bernie Desrosiers selected as incoming Vice Chair of Criminal Justice Section of NCBA
Allman Spry congratulates Bernie Desrosiers on his selection as the incoming Vice-Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. The Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association is comprised of both prosecutors and defense attorneys, as well as members of the judiciary, all of whom work together to represent…
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