Winston-Salem Family Law Blog

If your child is hoping to join a fraternity or sorority this year, they're more likely to be around drugs and alcohol than if they didn't become part of Greek life. They may start out "just" drinking, but excessive drinking often leads to taking drugs and doing other risky things a young person would never consider while sober.

College students in sororities and fraternities are more likely to use drugs, binge drink and engage in other high-risk behavior than their "non-Greek" peers. However, young men in fraternities are more likely to do so than sorority women. Often, the level of peer pressure is higher. White college men are most at risk, statistically, of engaging in dangerous drug and alcohol use and having substance abuse problems.

North Carolina colleges are busy places with people from different backgrounds living alongside one another, each striving to accomplish personal goals. Perhaps you've forged several new friendships since settling in on campus. There are likely a lot of different types of activities to keep you busy in your free time as well.

Everyone knows that partying is a common event on most college grounds. If you are 21 or older, there's no reason (unless a judge has ruled otherwise) you can't enjoy an alcoholic beverage or two with friends, providing they are also age 21 or beyond. However, there are also a lot of drugs circulating on college campuses in North Carolina.

You've recently started a business. Things are looking promising. You will soon need to hire more people to help keep up with your success and plans for growth. You'll likely also be promoting people who have been with you from the start to more senior positions with greater responsibility. The last thing you need is an accusation of discrimination in your employment decisions.

That couldn't happen to you. You're an open-minded person. You hire and promote the best people for the job, with no other considerations. So do the people you trust to help handle the human resources aspect of your business. At least, that's what you believe.

When you and your co-parent divorced, you both continued to live in Winston-Salem area, so exchanges were relatively easy. Now your former spouse has accepted a job a thousand miles away.

Your co-parent won't be able to see the kids as often, but you both want your children to have as much time with their other parent as possible. You'll need to modify your original parenting plan to reflect the new geographical situation. Following are some things you will likely need to address.