Child Custody & Support

Child custody disputes are often hard-fought, and for good reasons. Parents usually want to spend as much time with their children as possible, and they might be worried about their kids’ overall safety, health, and well-being when they are in the other parent’s care....

Not every child in North Carolina is born to married parents. While there are many reasons why an unmarried couple’s relationship does not last, if they are parents and the mother wants to pursue child support or the father wants to pursue visitation, they will need...

Nesting, also known as birdnesting, is the practice of divorcing parents to keep their family home. Their children stay in the home, but the ex-spouses take turns living there as dictated by the child custody order and parenting plan. While those in a contentious...

Child support is intended for the care and needs of the child. For that reason, it is important that child support obligations are enforced. Parents should be familiar with how child support orders are enforced. Once there is a valid child support order in place, it...

Divorce throws life plans off like no other event. It is an emotionally trying time not just for the parents, but especially for the children. Parents in North Carolina who have their children’s best interests in mind will want a custody arrangement that takes care of...

When you’re fighting over child custody matters, you can quickly find yourself in a he-said, she-said situation, with each parent thinking that he or she knows what’s best for the child. This can be confusing for a judge, who is ultimately going to make child custody...

With the holidays just around the corner, your co-parenting relationship with your child’s other parent may be put to the test. After all, this is the time of year when many parents struggle with the thought of not being able to spend time with their child, and...

Many people in North Carolina probably only think of child support orders in the context of a divorce proceeding. That is fair, as child support is typically an important and hotly contested issue in divorce cases. However, child support orders are common between...

You love your child and will do anything to protect him or her. But doing so can be difficult when your mere access to your child is limited by your child’s other parent. This gatekeeping function can serve as just one of the many ways in which a parent can engage in...