Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina
Intervenor
My daughter is in a nasty custody battle in NC. but is now living with me in VA. She started with an attorney who was more than she could afford who included my portion as an intervenor for mediation to prevent the other side from
''ganging'' up on her. She had to release the attorney and was accepted for legal aide. Mediation failed and now there is a chance that I will be pulled into more resposibility unless I withdraw as an intervenor. They have still retained grandparent attorney. I no longer have an attorney and do not feel that what remains is my responsiblity though I am completely supportive of my daughter on a local level. My husband says NO to an attorney for me but we do not want it to hurt my daughter. We also have our own medical issues which prevent us from helping in a 4 hour transprotation issue. Necessary to stay close to home due to a possible call at any time for a transplant for my husband and I am his caretaker. What would the effect be on my daughter's case if I withdraw as an intervenor since I will not have legal representation? If I don't withdraw, what problems may I face since I will not have an attorney?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Intervenor
A North Carolina attorney should address this question but since that has not occurred I will hazard the following guess: your withdrawal as an intervenor in your daughter's custody case will likely have little if any legal effect on the eventual outcome of her case, and you can probably confirm that by merely objectively reviewing what your prior participation has actually accomplished, one way or the other, which was probably not a whole lot,(which, of course, is no reflection on you but rather on this legal status in mediation matters which they call intervenor under N. Carolina law.)
Bottom line: Take a break, Mom, from this enervating custody battle; it likely will not make much difference except to rest your nerves and allow you more time with your ailing husband.
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