Editor’s Note: William S. Durr is a member of the Litigation Practice Group at Ward and Smith, P.A. Until now, a sitting Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court had to run for reelection against any other person or persons who filed to run for the Justice’s seat just...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: William S. Durr is a member of the Family Law Practice Group and the head of the Litigation Practice Group at Ward and Smith, P.A. The frequency of interstate jurisdictional issues in child custody litigation has increased dramatically over the last two decades. This may be due in part to society’s increased mobility, but this trend may also be due to economic conditions that result in a forced out of state relocation in order for one parent to maintain or re-establish employment. In an effort to address these jurisdictional issues (by jurisdictional issues, I simply mean a...
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