Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina

my wife attorney filed false statements for a absolute divorce without her attorney checking the validity of the information?


Asked on 10/12/11, 12:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

The only grounds in North Carolina for a divorce are: (1) whether one of the parties has lived here for at least 6 months; and (2) whether the parties have been separated for a year or more. If the answers to both questions are yes, then a divorce can be granted. Questions regarding alimony, spousal support, child support and equitable distribution, if not previously resolved, can be addressed in the divorce complaint. Your rights to equitable distribution and alimony/spousal support will be lost if not raised in an answer to the divorce complaint. Instead of posting here, you need to get to a family law attorney NOW. You only have 30 days to respond to the divorce complaint.

Assuming that false statements were made, I don't know the facts and the attorney for your wife only knows what he/she was told. If the facts are not true or have been misrepresented, then it is your duty to point them out to the court and allow the court to decide based on the evidence presented.

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Answered on 10/12/11, 9:24 pm


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