Fayetteville, North Carolina Child Custody Lawyers
Are you a parent experiencing or considering divorce? You are concerned about the issues that can directly affect your children. At Ferguson Law Firm, we strive to obtain favorable outcomes for child custody, support and other issues that affect your children's lives. We represent civilians as well as military servicemen and women with child custody issues related to deployment and other circumstances.
Would you like to speak with someone regarding child custody and divorce? Call Ferguson Law Firm today at 910-860-2889 to schedule your consultation or contact us online.
Child custody
Child custody and visitation can include many types of arrangements, with primary custody and legal custody as the main components of the arrangement. Joint custody encourages both parents to make decisions affecting the children in matters related to education, health care, religion and more. Children live with the parent who has primary custody and visit with the parent who has secondary custody. Other forms of custody can be sole custody or shared custody. For military families, child custody arrangements can address temporary custody due to deployment or boot camp. These school custody agreements are usually necessary for a school district to allow a student to attend school in the district of someone other than the parent. These agreements can be necessary for a number of reasons beyond military service.
Child support
Child support payments in North Carolina are determined by state guidelines. A formula is used to calculate the amount of the child support payment. It is possible to deviate from guidelines. For instance, the guidelines may be affected by travel expenses related to visitations. Contact our firm to arrange your consultation and learn more.Factors that may be considered in this formula include:
- Each parent's income
- The number of children
- Other children requiring your support by court order
- Special needs of the children
- Travel expenses related to visitation
Grandparent's rights
In some situations, it may be necessary for a grandparent or other family member to seek guardianship of a child or children. If you are concerned about the safety and security of your grandchild because of a parent's drug use, alcohol abuse or other abusive behaviors that result in diminished capacity, it may be possible for you to obtain custody of the child.
Enforcements and modification of custody and support orders
We can assist you if you need to:
- Have North Carolina recognize another state's court order
- Enforce a child custody order
- Modify a child custody order
- Determine what state has jurisdiction
- Register a foreign order
We are glad to help those in the military with their difficult child custody and child support matters. We understand the care of your children is an important part of your life. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help.
Ferguson Law Firm
116 N. Cool Springs St.
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: 910-860-2889
Fax: 910-860-2880
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