The name of the Plaintiff appears in the first page of the complaint on the top left side. The. This is a claim for custody of the minor child(ren) named above.Include a "prayer for relief" section that formally requests the court to grant the requested remedies. WHEREFORE, the undersigned Plaintiff prays the Court for relief as follows: 1. ___4. Prayer for relief. On a separate page or pages, write a short and plain statement of the answer to the allegations in the complaint. Number the paragraphs. The prayer is especially important when the case turns on an issue that gives the court more than one option for the type of judgment to enter. Constitutional rights under Article I, Section 18 of the North Carolina Constitution. 5. Defendant denies the allegations in the first sentence of this paragraph.