Articles in the Family Law category

N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.4 requires the North Carolina Conference of Chief District Court Judges to prescribe uniform statewide presumptive guidelines for determining the child support obligations of parents, and it […]

The North Carolina General Assembly recently addressed family law issues in several pieces of legislation. This post addresses legislation effective on or before October 1, 2025. Changes effective on later […]

It is well established in North Carolina law that before a court can award custody of or visitation with a minor child to a nonparent over the objection of a […]

The provisions in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (the UCCJEA), N.C. Gen Stat., Chapter 50A, define a trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction to enter a child custody […]

This book is a comprehensive legal reference created for North Carolina district court judges. The 2024 edition provides summaries of North Carolina law governing family law cases routinely heard in […]

Most people familiar with the law relating to child custody are familiar with the definition of the ‘home state’ of a child and the importance of the home state when […]

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In Wenninger v. Wenninger, decided May 7, 2024, the North Carolina Court of Appeals held that an equitable distribution judgment was void for lack of a necessary party because the […]

The North Carolina Supreme Court has stated that “[a] judgment awarding custody is based upon conditions found to exist at the time it is entered ….” Stanback v. Stanback, 266 […]

I wrote about the opinion in Green v. Carter, 900 S.E.2d 108 (N.C. App., March 19, 2024), in this post: https://civil.sog.unc.edu/an-unmarried-partner-with-joint-legal-and-physical-custody-is-not-a-parent-and-cannot-be-ordered-to-pay-child-support/  The court of appeals held that the partner of […]