Founded in 2013, Barri Payne Family Law & Mediation offers divorce and family-related legal services to those in Durham and the surrounding area. Payne's practice focuses on issues such as divorce filings, property division, spousal support, child custody, and child support. She aims to help families reach an amicable solution to those complex issues, using alternative methods such as mediation, avoiding legal battles and the stress that comes with them wherever possible.
With offices in Creedmoor, Batten Law Firm PC practices family law and represents people going through the divorce process in Granville, Vance, and Franklin counties. Practicing since 2005, Holly Batten drafts and negotiates separation and divorce agreements that protect her clients' financial well-being and custodial rights. She represents clients in court on contested divorce-related issues, such as child custody and support, property and debt division, and maintenance. Batten also handles modifications to and enforcement of court-ordered agreements.
Dads Divorce is a service of Cordell and Cordell, a law firm that was founded in 1990. It offers divorce-related support and services to men in Durham and has offices in numerous locations across the United States. Dads Divorce is focused on supporting male parents with compassionate advice throughout the divorce process. The legal team aggressively represents father's interests in custody battles, child support and parenting time negotiations, alimony conflicts, and the division of assets.
Gabriela J. Matthews & Associates PA concentrates much of its Durham-area practice on divorce legal services. The multi-attorney law firm assists individuals throughout all types of marital dissolution issues, including alimony agreements; child support, custody, and visitation issues; and marital property divisions. It also handles domestic violence-related divorces and termination of parental rights cases, when necessary. Founding attorney Gabriela J. Matthews has more than 20 years of legal experience. She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Hopper Cummings PLLC is a divorce law firm serving metro Durham. The multi-attorney team represents clients throughout every stage of legal separations, marital dissolution filings, marital asset and debt divisions, and spousal support agreements. Additionally, it handles child custody, support, and visitation matters. Firm partner Robert Cummings has more than 10 years of legal experience. He is a member of the Chatham County Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association.
Judy Whisnant Attorney at Law PC is a family law attorney who handles divorces, serving clients in Durham and the surrounding areas. Practicing in North Carolina since 1994, Judy provides mediation services for those going through divorce, helping couples work towards amicable endings to marriages to save both time and money. She also practices collaborative law, negotiating on behalf of clients to keep disputes outside courtrooms. Additionally, Judy protects clients' rights in traditional divorces, where courts decide contested matters.
Laurice C. McClain Attorney at Law is based in Durham and provides divorce-related legal services. Ms. McClain's firm helps clients with absolute divorces and legal separations. It also aids in matters such as child support and custody, equitable distribution of marital estates, and permanent and temporary post-separation support/alimony. Additionally, the firm assists with guardianships and adoptions. Ms. McClain has more than 11 years of experience in family law and has trained as a guardian ad litem.
Maitland & English Law Firm PLLC is a full-service law firm in Chapel Hill, offering divorce law consultation and representation to clients across the Durham area. The firm assists clients with filing in contested and uncontested divorces, negotiation of marital asset division and spousal support, child custody, support, and visitation, and separation agreements. Additionally, it helps clients enforce or modify existing court orders. Other services include assistance in creating parenting plans, premarital agreements, wills, and trusts.
Located in Durham, NicholsonPham Law represents clients in a wide spectrum of divorce matters. It handles LGBT separation and divorce, property division, alimony and support, and legal separation. The firm advises divorcing clients on the specifics of no-fault divorces in North Carolina, and it assists with do-it-yourself divorces. Founding attorney Meredith Nicholson received her Juris Doctor in 1999 from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, and she is a member of the North Carolina State Bar.
Richardson Law Firm PLLC has been providing legal services to the Durham area for more than 25 years. It helps clients reach divorce and separation agreements, handling potentially difficult matters such as property division, spousal support and alimony, and child custody, support, and visitation. When child or spousal support is at issue, the firm ensures that support payments are calculated correctly. Firm attorneys have experience with military divorces and provide representation in negotiations and courtroom settings.
The Law Office of Cheri Patrick was opened in 2001. It provides family law services to clients in Durham and other areas of North Carolina. The firm offers uncontested divorce services for a flat fee, and provides other services on an hourly basis. It assists with child support negotiations, child custody issues. and division of assets and debts. Founder Cheri Patrick is a member of the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar.
The Law Office of J. Blake Norman is a Durham-based legal firm with a focus on divorce, family law, and criminal law. The firm assists with petition filing, custody determination, equitable distribution of assets, property valuation, alimony arrangements, and child support orders. The firm offers assistance with mediation procedures and collaborative approaches for parties wishing to settle out of court. Attorney J. Blake Norman has practiced law for over eight years.
Woodmansee and Szombatfalvy PLLC Durham Family Law Group provides divorce legal services to the Durham area. The firm offers mediation and negotiation services for clients needing assistance with asset and debt division matters, spousal maintenance requests, and child custody and support disagreements. It also prepares separation and post-nuptial agreements. Woodmansee and Szombatfalvy additionally offers court representation when mediation fails. Founder Julie Woodmansee, who has been awarded the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, is noted as a Client Champion.
