Child support

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear Lynette Parker:

Greetings. Yes, you can file in your home state for child support. If your state has a child support enforcement agency, I would use them. If you file for child support, your first husband may try to see the children. You will then have to file a custody action to keep him away. Best of luck.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney at Law
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
NCDivorce.com
919-787-6668

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My first husband has been in prison for aggravated sexual assualt of a minor (his daughter) since 1992. He is due to release in September. We have a 16 year old son. Of course we want no contact with him. However, my divorce papers state that upon release he is to contact the court to make child support arrangements. He is going back to the state where we got our divource. I now live out of that state. Do I have any legal recourse to obatin support? If so, can I try to get them to prevent him from seeing our son? Our son wants nothing to do with him and also wants to change his name. Thank you.