Child Custody Rights in NC

Ensure Your Child’s Future

At Plekan Law, we understand your desire to stay intimately involved in your child’s life despite separation and divorce. We offer the knowledge and experience you need to make your best case for primary child custody. If a court has already ruled in your case and you need help making a motion to change custody, we intimately understand the reasons a judge might choose to rule in your future favor.

In North Carolina, judges often award one parent primary custody and the other parent visitation rights. To retain primary custody, you can either:

• Work out an agreement with your spouse that does not involve the courts.
• Make a reasoned plea in court showing that the child’s best interest is in living with you as the primary parent

If you and your spouse cannot agree upon the best child custody arrangement, the court will make the decision for you. Without a seasoned family law attorney on your side, you can miss the opportunity to gain child custody from the beginning. If your case lacks substance and your spouse proves to the judge that they can provide for the child’s best interest better than you can, you can lose your parental rights as the primary caregiver.

Fight For Your Parental Rights

Filing a motion to open a child custody case already ruled on is difficult. You must show that major changes have occurred that merit the judge taking another look at the original ruling. For this reason, the optimal time to fight for your parental rights is during the separation period before the divorce is final. Many judges will roll the child custody arrangements in with the final decree for divorce. Once this happens, it is exponentially harder to get back the child custody rights you lose.

Working with us at Plekan Law to fight for your parental rights guarantees an organized and well-thought-out legal plan to prove that you offer what is in the best interest of your child. We use every available resource to prove your worth as the primary parent, including:

• Witness testimony
• Psychological evaluations
• Doctor witnesses
• Teacher witnesses
• Written documents
• Emails or other evidence you’ve gathered from your spouse showing lack of care for the child
• Evidence of any psychological or physical abuse 
• Living situation documentation
• Income documentation
• Any other evidence we find in discussing your case with you

Contact us at Plekan Law today to find peace of mind about your child custody case. Schedule your initial consultation and find out how we can help you move forward with your child custody case.