My ex-spouse currently resides in Alabama and my son and I live here in North Carolina and have done so for four years. I have been in the process of working with an attorney in my hometown for a year to create a new agreement on when my son will get to see his mother and when she will have to take time to see him. After a year, my attorney emails me today saying that she can not address the issue of child support because my ex lives out of state. I am wondering if this is the case then why did she not tell me at the beginning when I explained the situation to her. Is this the truth about child support and parents in different states?
North Carolina will have jurisdiction over child support since the child lives in North Carolina but there may be a personal jurisdiction issue over the other parent who does not live in North Carolina.
It is still possible to establish child support, but an in-depth analysis regarding personal jurisdiction will need to be done.
Anna Ayscue
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