Do I Have to Blow?
May 1st, 2020
In general, a driver may refuse to blow into a portable breath test (“PBT”), a test often administered during a traffic stop when determining probable cause to arrest. Refusal to blow into a PBT does not revoke a driver’s license in North Carolina. However, the refusal may be used against a driver by an officer to determine probable cause, in…
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Alimony: Insufficient Evidence to Include Spouse’s Future Bonuses
April 20th, 2020
Do future bonuses count for alimony? It depends. North Carolina family law attorneys must prove bonuses occur “on a consistent basis”; otherwise, case law excludes the same. In Finn v. Finn, the issue was whether the husband, a Wells Fargo executive, was required to pay alimony to his spouse, a former nurse and homemaker, after a twenty…
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