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In civil court You can file for child support on your own, with a lawyer that you retain, or the Division of Social Services (DSS) can file the child support case for you. Even if you file on your own, you can still get the help of DSS at a later point in the case.

Some of the ways you can be charged with child abandonment are if you act in any of the following: Abandoning your child for six or more months. Refusing or failing to provide support during that time period, you are gone. Attempting to conceal your whereabouts with the intent to escape your child support obligation.

Under North Carolina law, abandonment occurs when one spouse (1) willfully ends cohabitation; (2) without the intent to resume living together; (3) without consent of the other spouse; and (4) without justification or provocation.

A small claims case is filed in the clerk of superior court's office in the appropriate county. The forms may be printed and completed in advance, or the clerk of superior court can provide you with the forms.

Filing the Documents Take the original and two (2) copies of the Motion to the Civil Division of the Clerk of Superior Court's office in the county where your case is filed. The Clerk will stamp each Motion ?filed,? place the original in the Court file and return two (2) copies of the ?filed? document to you.

A parent who has willfully abandoned a child for at least 6 consecutive months (or an infant for at least 60 consecutive days) can have their parental rights terminated. Abandonment involves a parent's intention to give up their parenting duties and claims. This generally requires showing more than simple neglect.