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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.

These steps include: Discussing your reasons for seeking sole custody with your attorney. Filing a motion for sole custody in the North Carolina family courts. Requesting an emergency order of sole custody if there was physical bodily injury, violence, abuse, or neglect.

When a spouse is served with divorce papers, they generally have 30 days to respond. If the party agrees to the divorce, they may sign a waiver. This essentially gives up the requirement to wait 30 days to respond to the divorce. Instead, the divorce can proceed immediately.

If you cannot afford the fees for filing your Complaint for Divorce, you can ask the Court to let you file for free. In order to make that request, you must file a ?Petition to Proceed as an Indigent.? If approved, you will not have to pay the filing fee to the Clerk or service of process fee to the sheriff.

A 30-day waiver is part of the process to speed up a divorce between couples. Once a spouse has been served with their divorce petition, they have 30 days in which to respond to the petition. If both parties agree and sign the waiver within 30 days, then the divorce can move forward fairly quickly.

Waiting period refers to the time period between the commencement of the divorce proceedings (or filing of divorce papers in court) and the court decree granting the final divorce. This waiting period in North Carolina divorce is a minimum 30 days for a simple uncontested divorce.