NC Child Support

 

Publications and Resources (School of Government)

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Child Support: General
  • North Carolina Child Support Statutes (2005)
    A compilation of more than 200 North Carolina statutes (in effect as of Dec. 31, 2005) governing child support and paternity along with statutory and case law annotations (reflecting appellate decisions through Dec. 31, 2005), the text of North Carolina’s 2002 child support guidelines, and a subject matter index. Price: $39.00, plus sales tax for NC residents. [Ordering information]
  • Child Support: Liability, Guidelines, Payment, Attorneys Fees, and IV-D (64 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Establishing Child Support Orders (47 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Child Support Case Summaries (NC Court of Appeals & Supreme Court)
    2005 Child Support Case Summaries [PDF only]
    2004 Child Support Case Summaries [PDF only]
    2003 Child Support Case Summaries [PDF only]
  • North Carolina's Revised Child Support Guidelines (2002), Family Law Bulletin #13 (July 2002) [PDF only]
  • Imputing Income in Child Support Cases (14 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Imputing Income: Case Summaries [PDF only]
  • HIPAA (Medical Privacy) and IV-D [PDF only]
  • North Carolina Child Support Statutes (November 2003), (201 pages) [PDF only]
  • Who Are the Parties in IV-D Child Support Proceedings? And What Difference Does It Make? Family Law Bulletin #22 (January 2007) [PDF only]
  • Imputing Income to Parents in Child Support Proceedings, Family Law Bulletin #23 (July 2008) [PDF only]
Child Support: Enforcement
  • Enforcing Child Support Orders (104 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Child Support Enforcement Remedies [PDF only]
  • Using Contempt to Enforce Child Support Orders, Special Series No. 17 (February 2004) [Order SS#17, 24pp., $13.00] 
  • “Freezing and Seizing” Joint Bank Accounts to Collect Past-Due Child Support: Due Process and Legal Rights of Nonliable Depositors, Family Law Bulletin #19 (August 2004) [PDF only]
  • Using Liens to Collect Past-Due Child Support (19 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Comparison of Civil and Criminal Contempt [PDF only]
Child Support: Modification
  • Modifying Child Support Orders (31 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Modification of Child Support Orders: Changed Circumstances  [PDF only]
  • Modification of Child Support Orders in North Carolina: The Changed Circumstances Requirement, Family Law Bulletin #7 (January 1996) [PDF only]

Child Support: Interstate & International (UIFSA & FFCCSOA)

  • Reconciling Multiple Child Support Orders Under UIFSA and FFCCSOA: The Twadell, Roberts, and Dunn Decisions, Family Law Bulletin #11 (June 2000) [PDF only]
  • The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Family Law Bulletin #8 (1996) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: The Ten Basic Rules [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction (Flow Chart) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: One Controlling Order (Flow Chart) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: Jurisdiction to Establish a Support Order (Flow Chart) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: Jurisdiction to Modify a Support Order (Flow Chart) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA: Enforcing a Registered Support Order (Flow Chart) [PDF only]
  • UIFSA Registration Procedure (Clerk of Superior Court Procedures Manual [Draft]) [PDF only]
  • Recognition & Enforcement of International Family Support Orders (2004) [PDF only]
  • International Establishment and Enforcement  of Family Support, Family Law Bulletin #10 (August 1999) [PDF only]

Child Support & Bankruptcy

  • Impact of the New Bankruptcy Reform Act on Family Law in North Carolina, Family Law Bulletin #20 (June 2005) [PDF only]
  • Bankruptcy and Family Law: The Basics (2005) (training outline, 16 pp.) [PDF only]

Paternity

  • Paternity (30 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Paternity: The Basics for Child Support Attorneys (11 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Who's Your Daddy? Fundamentals of Paternity (17 page outline) [PDF only]
  • Who's Your Daddy? Comparing North Carolina Paternity Law and the Uniform Parentage Act, Family Law Bulletin #18 (March 2004) [PDF only]
  • Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment (table comparing VPAs under GS 110-132 & GS 130A-101) [PDF only]
  • Legal Rights and Obligations of Fathers [PDF]
  • Paternity Terminology [PDF]
  • Paternity: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel [PDF]
  • Paternity Issues in Juvenile Proceedings [PDF]