The changing of legal status from married to unmarried is known as Absolute divorce in North Carolina which is different from issues like child custody, property division, and alimony. We specialize in helping families work through this process in way that relieves much of the stress involved.

The alimony statutes in North Carolina are made up of many well-defined factors which direct the court when judging an alimony case.  Alimony is money paid to the “dependent spouse” by the “supporting spouse.” This is more complicated issue than just the spouse that brings in less pay than the other.  Let us help clarify and guide you through this process.

Ensure your right to equitable distribution of marital assets! These rights do not happen automatically. They need to be purposefully  declared. Once the process is started, courts decide what's considered marital property.  From there they provide the direction for an equitable distribution.

We'll do our best to aid you in deciding which of you will have custody of your children. However, the court will resolve the custody issues for you in the case that the parents cannot resolve these decisions. And we will be there to keep this process moving along as smoothly as possible.

Parents in North Carolina often come to a mutual agreement when settling child support. But the agreement is arrived at by consel based on the North Carolina child support guidelines.  The process changes periodically, including the calculations of support. Our firm provides these calculations based on the mandated guidelines which aid our clients in navigating child support.

We're here to help with Prenuputial & Separation Agreements. Get the forms and legal advice to make sound choices and alleviate future issues.  Finding the right balance is so much easier when the laws are clearly understood. 

“Gray Divorce” is a phrase that is refering to a type of divorce involving people that are 50 years old or older.  We will look at some of the important issues concerning Gray Divorce. While there has been a reduction in overall divorce rates in the past 20 years, the divorce rate of people aged over 50 has doubled in this time. This increase was given the name Gray Divorce.