The Morton Law Offices

Family law attorney in Raleigh, NC

Address
5510 Six Forks Rd STE 107, Raleigh, NC, 27609
Phone
(919) 863-4329
Website
themortonlawoffices.com

About The Morton Law Offices

The Morton Law Offices, PLLC is a family law practice in Raleigh, working out of an office at 3840 Ed Drive, Suite 102. The firm handles the matters that arrive when a family is restructuring: divorce, child custody, child support, equitable distribution of property, and alimony. These are the areas it names as its focus, and the practice is built around them rather than around a broad general-civil docket. Family law is a jurisdiction of its own inside North Carolina practice, and the distinction matters to the client. Custody is governed by the best-interest standard and can be modified when circumstances change. Child support runs on the state's guidelines, tied to the parents' incomes and the custodial schedule. Equitable distribution is the process by which marital property is identified, valued, and divided, and it is not the same thing as an even split. Alimony turns on need, ability to pay, and a list of statutory factors. Each of these is a separate track with its own filings and its own deadlines, and a family case often moves several of them forward at once. The firm describes its method as hands-on: working directly with the client to build a plan and to pursue the best result available for that family's situation. That is the ordinary shape of family representation done well. The early work is fact-gathering and strategy, deciding what to file and in what order. Custody and support are frequently the first pieces to stabilize, because children need a schedule and a budget while the rest is worked out. Property division and alimony tend to follow, and either can settle by agreement or be decided by a district court judge. A family lawyer's value is partly procedural and partly steadying. The procedural part is knowing the local rules, the mediation requirements, and how a Wake County family case actually moves. The steadying part is giving a client who is under real strain a clear next step. The office hours run Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and initial contact is by phone or through the website's intake form. Anyone weighing a separation, a custody dispute, or a modification of an existing order is dealing with decisions that carry for years. The Morton Law Offices positions itself as the local practice that takes those decisions one at a time, with a plan attached to each.

The Morton Law Offices, PLLC is a Raleigh family law firm concentrating on divorce, custody, child support, property distribution, and alimony. It works from an office on Ed Drive and describes a hands-on, plan-driven approach to each family's case. Contact is by phone at 919-863-4329 or through the website intake form; office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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The Morton Law Offices in Raleigh, NC