The district court division is the proper division without regard to the amount in controversy, for the trial of civil actions and proceedings for annulment, divorce, equitable distribution of property, alimony, child support, child custody and the enforcement of separation or property settlement agreements between spouses, or recovery for the breach thereof.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-244
Domestic relations
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 205 N.C. App. 325 - Burgess v. Burgess (2010)
Most recently applied in Felipe Perez v. Lee Cissna (February 2020)
1965, c. 310, s. 1; 1981, c. 815, s. 5; 1987, c. 573, s. 1.
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