Children born of this marriage?

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear Kredd,

Yes, your children are born of your marriage, you legitimated them when you got married to their mother.

Helena M. Nevicosi
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm

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Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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I am doing a “do-it-yourself” divorce. My estranged wife and I lived together for 10 years before we married. During this time we had two children and then subsequently got married. Now we are divorcing and my question is this- do I list these two children as children of this union on my divorce motion? I am listed as their father on both their birth certificates even though the mother and I were not married at the time of their birth and only “living together”.