Caulder & Valentine Law Firm, PLLC

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Property Division

Mr. Caulder represented a hard-working engineer who had over $1 million saved for retirement and a paid-off home. The representation involved the client’s separation from a controlling and manipulative woman. The client’s marriage seemed promising for a while, but suddenly the woman became so controlling our client had no choice but to get out of the marriage. Although she initially refused to leave our client’s home, Mr. Caulder was able to negotiate a settlement in our client’s favor that allowed our client to keep over 80% of his retirement savings as well as his home.

Adoption

After raising the young boy as her own, the aunt of the child retained Mr. Caulder to obtain full custody and then eventually terminate the rights of the boy’s biological parents who refused to provide adequate housing, support, or resources for the child. After a contested court hearing, the court granted Mr. Caulder’s request, allowing the boy to be adopted by the aunt who had cared for him as his own since his birth.

Child Custody

Mr. Caulder successfully obtained primary custody for the grandmother of a nine-month-old child after the child’s mother overdosed on fentanyl with the child in her care. After meticulously gathering evidence and obtaining a court-ordered drug test of the mother, Mr. Caulder convincingly presented the evidence at trial and showed that the mother was exposing the child to substantial risk of injury through her drug usage. Evidence was also presented that the father had little to no involvement with the minor child since the child was born. Following the trial, the judge awarded primary custody to Mr. Caulder’s client, only allowing supervised visitation for the child’s mother.

Child Custody

Mr. Caulder was retained by a desperate father in Cleveland County to regain primary custody of his 16 and 17-year-old sons after the boys ran away from home because they refused to return to their mother. The boys threatened to commit suicide due to the abuse they alleged to have occurred at the mother’s home. Finally, the boys decided they were willing to sacrifice their academic achievements and escape from home. The boys were gone from home nearly 6 weeks with neither parent knowing their whereabouts. On the fifth day of a lengthy permanent custody trial, the boys returned home to their father who was awarded primary custody of them. The boys were never again forced to return to their mother’s home where they suffered ongoing emotional abuse.

Child Custody

Mr. Caulder represented the father of two young children who shared joint custody with the children’s mother. After the mother persistently refused to meet the father to exchange the children as ordered by the court and would not even communicate with the father about how the children were doing, the court found the mother in criminal contempt of court and ordered that she would go to jail for 30 days if she violated the court’s order one more time.

Child Custody

Mr. Valentine was retained by a young father and his fiancé, a schoolteacher at a local public school, in a custody battle with the mother of his two minor children. The mother had withheld the children from the father for months during the pandemic and filed suit for custody. Following substantial preparation and gathering the support of numerous witnesses, including the principal who would testify to the loving environment of the father, the Court awarded primary custody to our client. The children are now able to grow up in a stable, safe environment and continue attending school in Cleveland County.