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Partners Honored in the 2018 Legal Elite
Patrick McCroskey and Janet Amburgey have been selected to Business North Carolina Magazine’s 2018 Legal Elite Family Law Section.
Read MoreFirm ranked in 2018 “Best Law Firms”
Gum, Hillier & McCroskey, PA has been ranked in the 2018 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in America. The firm is the recipient of the the Tier 1 Metropolitan Award for Family Law Practice in Asheville, and the Tier 3 Metropolitan Award for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, also for practice in Asheville.
Read MorePartners named to 2018 Best Lawyers in America
We are pleased to announce that partners Howard L. Gum, David R. Hillier, and Patrick S. McCroskey have been included in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Howard Gum has been included in the list since 1993 and was named Asheville’s Lawyer of the Year in Family Law in 2014. Patrick McCroskey has…
Read MoreWhich Parent Gets to Choose Where the Child Goes to School?
The beginning of a new school year is a time when many parents are faced with making a decision regarding where their child should be enrolled in school. Where a child attends school may impact the quality of the child’s education, as well as the child’s happiness and overall development. Parents often feel strongly about decisions that can have a long-term impact on their child.
Read MoreCan a Stepparent Be Required to Pay Child Support for a Current or Former Stepchild?
Under North Carolina law, the legal parents (either biological or adoptive) of a child are deemed to be primarily responsible for the child’s financial support. As such, a stepparent has no legal duty to pay child support for the benefit of a stepchild in the event the stepparent’s marriage to the child’s parent ends, either by death or divorce. However, a stepparent who has acted “in loco parentis”
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