Co-parenting with a former spouse or partner in North Carolina can be rather challenging, even if you have a custody arrangement in place. It is often difficult for parents to trust that their child is being taken care of properly while with the other parent. While...
A lot of divorce cases are riddled with conflict. When this tension leads to litigation, a court is often left trying to parse the truth from two very differing points-of-view. This is challenging to say the least, and it puts the judge in a difficult position where...
The rights and responsibilities of unmarried parents in North Carolina are much the same as those of married folk with one salient difference: Paternity must be established. That hurdle must be cleared and until that’s done the mother has the primary right to custody...
If you are a parent and you are going through a divorce or separation, you may wonder how much child support you will have to pay or receive. Child support is a legal obligation that parents have to provide for the financial needs of their children. In North Carolina,...
Both parents in North Carolina have equal rights and responsibilities with respect to their children prior to a custody order. If a baby is born out of wedlock, this is true, too, as soon as paternity is established. But if the parents are going their separate ways,...
Parents going through a child custody case naturally worry about how the outcome will affect their child, especially if their child has a strong opinion on which parent they want to live with. Will these wishes be honored when a court makes a child custody decision?...