Announcing New Office Hours
Beginning Monday, April 17th we will have new office hours. We hope the earlier opening will be more convenient to our clients and allow us to provide better service to you.
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Attorneys Linda Ward & Dale Stephenson selected as Legal Elite
We are proud to announce that attorneys Linda Ward and Dale Stephenson have been selected to the Business North Carolina 2023 list of Legal Elite in Family Law. Lawyers on this list are nominated and chosen by their peers who think they are the state’s best practitioners in their field. Only 3% of practicing attorneys in North Carolina were selected as Legal Elite for this 2023 list. Congratulations to Linda and Dale! We are extremely proud of their continued dedication to their clients and the profession. Ward Family Law Group… Read More
Wake County Court Filings go Digital!
The state of North Carolina plans to invest over $100 million over the next ten years to convert its current court filing systems from paper filings to efilings. Wake County is one of four counties in the state to be part of a pilot program for this new eCourts system. The others are Harnett, Johnston, and Lee Counties. This “eCourts” portal is to be available in all 100 counties across the state by 2025. What is eCourts? Essentially, the eCourts portal is the Courthouse Clerk’s Office online. Beginning February 13,… Read More
AirTags Part 2: How Can You Protect Yourself or Child from being Tracked
In Part 1, we discussed the use of AirTags to track your spouse and children and the implications in divorce and custody cases. Now you might be wondering, what can I do to protect myself or my child from being tracked? Manufacturers have taken steps to improve Security. The success of these trackers is based off their proximity to other devices they can ping off, and they can only ping off devices with Bluetooth turned on. Location data and the identity of the pinged devices are not stored in the… Read More
Using AirTags to track a spouse or child. Is it Legal? Should you do it? (Part 1)
AirTags and other Bluetooth trackers, like Life360’s Tile, are coin-sized tracking devices. Using a Bluetooth signal, an AirTag pings off any Apple device using Apple’s Find My network and shows you the location of the AirTag. When out of range of the tracker, Tile’s app will show you the last location it was seen by your device and can ping off other Tile users to locate its current location. The benefit of these trackers is that they are small enough to go undetected and they are inexpensive. In fact, the… Read More
Dale V. Stephenson Continues to Inspire the Next Generation of Lawyers
This past weekend, Ward Family Law Group attorney, Dale V. Stephenson, along with fellow attorney, Chris Nichols, coached two Broughton High School Mock Trial teams at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) High School Mock Trial Regional Competition, held in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Broughton’s teams consisted of fourteen students, eleven of whom had never participated in mock trial. In a “mock trial”, student teams present an entire trial to seasoned attorneys who serve as the presiding judge and jury. There are multiple rounds of competition. Students play the roles… Read More
Ward Family Law Group Ranked by U.S. News – Best Lawyers
Ward Family Law Group is honored to be named by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”. Ward Family Law Group is located in Cary, North Carolina. Our attorneys focus on helping families solve problems. We know that each family’s situation is unique, and it is our goal to find a solution that meets your family’s specific needs.
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!
Our office will close for the Christmas and New Year holidays beginning at the close of business on Thursday, December 22, 2022, and will reopen on Monday, January 2, 2022.
#GIVINGTUESDAY November 29, 2022
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to each of you! We are extremely blessed and grateful for your referrals, support, and friendship this past year. It’s Giving Tuesday, and we are continuing our tradition of recognizing your support of our firm by making charitable donations to three organizations that we believe make an impact in our communities. This year we are focusing our efforts on organizations that are committed to improving the lives of children. Ward Family Law Group supports……. Meg’s Smile Foundation Meg Wasley was only seven… Read More
DOES EMOTIONAL ABUSE QUALIFY AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
Domestic violence and abuse can take the form of many behaviors and could be a one-time incident or a pattern of behaviors. In abusive relationships, an aggressor will use tactics such as bullying, manipulation, embarrassment, isolation, blame shifting, gaslighting, threatening, and injuring to control their victim. The abuser isn’t always a spouse/partner, they can be a person you are dating or even a family member. The most common forms of abuse are physical (hitting, punching, kicking, strangling, throwing items, threatening with a weapon, etc.) and sexual (forcing you to perform… Read More