by Scott Allen | Feb 1, 2012 | Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 Failure to pay child support can have serious consequences. In addition to the contempt powers of the court as found in NCGS 5A, the court may revoke or suspend licenses. This includes driver, hunting, and professional licensing,...
by Scott Allen | Jan 27, 2012 | Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 The law in North Carolina on child support presumes that parents have a financial responsibility towards their children. This such an important issue to the states and the federal government, that child support agencies have been...
by Scott Allen | Jan 25, 2012 | Child Support, Family Law Library
The issue of past due child support creates particular problems for parents who get behind. The problem is that once a child support payment comes due, the court is generally prohibited from changing that amount later. In practical terms that means that as soon as...
by Scott Allen | Jan 15, 2012 | Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 § 50‑13.9. Procedure to insure payment of child support. (a) Upon its own motion or upon motion of either party, the court may order at any time that support payments be made to the State Child Support Collection and...
by Scott Allen | Jan 14, 2012 | Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 There is no such thing as a final child support or child custody order under NC law. The district court judge always has authority to modify the terms of any child custody or child support order. The statute provides: § 50‑13.7. ...
by Scott Allen | Jan 14, 2012 | Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law Library
Call Scott Allen at (919) 863-4183 The usual rule of law in North Carolina and the U.S. is that a party must pay his or her own attorneys fees unless there is a staute that that shifts the burden to the other party. We have such a statute in NCGS 50-13.6 that allows...
