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North Carolina Family Courts
         
                       Wake County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Raleigh)  FIPS: 37183                     - pop.1,129,410                   
                                
                       Mecklenburg County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Charlotte)  FIPS: 37119                     - pop.1,115,482                   
                                
                       Guilford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Greensboro and High Point)  FIPS: 37081                     - pop.541,299                   
                                
                       Forsyth County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Winston-Salem)  FIPS: 37067                     - pop.382,590                   
                                
                       Cumberland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Fayetteville)  FIPS: 37051                     - pop.334,728                   
                                
                       Durham County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Durham)  FIPS: 37063                     - pop.324,833                   
                                
                       Buncombe County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Asheville)  FIPS: 37021                     - pop.269,452                   
                                
                       Union County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Monroe)  FIPS: 37179                     - pop.238,267                   
                                
                       Gaston County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Gastonia)  FIPS: 37071                     - pop.227,943                   
                                
                       Cabarrus County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Concord)  FIPS: 37025                     - pop.225,804                   
                                
                       New Hanover County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wilmington)  FIPS: 37129                     - pop.225,702                   
                                
                       Johnston County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Smithfield)  FIPS: 37101                     - pop.215,999                   
                                
                       Onslow County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jacksonville)  FIPS: 37133                     - pop.204,576                   
                                
                       Iredell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Statesville)  FIPS: 37097                     - pop.186,693                   
                                
                       Alamance County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Graham)  FIPS: 37001                     - pop.171,415                   
                                
                       Pitt County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Greenville)  FIPS: 37147                     - pop.170,243                   
                                
                       Davidson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lexington)  FIPS: 37057                     - pop.168,930                   
                                
                       Catawba County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Newton)  FIPS: 37035                     - pop.160,610                   
                                
                       Orange County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hillsborough)  FIPS: 37135                     - pop.148,696                   
                                
                       Rowan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Salisbury)  FIPS: 37159                     - pop.146,875                   
                                
                       Randolph County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Asheboro)  FIPS: 37151                     - pop.144,171                   
                                
                       Brunswick County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bolivia)  FIPS: 37019                     - pop.136,693                   
                                
                       Harnett County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lillington)  FIPS: 37085                     - pop.133,568                   
                                
                       Wayne County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Goldsboro)  FIPS: 37191                     - pop.117,333                   
                                
                       Robeson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lumberton)  FIPS: 37155                     - pop.116,530                   
                                
                       Henderson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hendersonville)  FIPS: 37089                     - pop.116,281                   
                                
                       Craven County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (New Bern)  FIPS: 37049                     - pop.100,720                   
                                
                       Moore County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Carthage)  FIPS: 37125                     - pop.99,727                   
                                
                       Cleveland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Shelby)  FIPS: 37045                     - pop.99,519                   
                                
                       Nash County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Nashville)  FIPS: 37127                     - pop.94,970                   
                                
                       Rockingham County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wentworth)  FIPS: 37157                     - pop.91,096                   
                                
                       Burke County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Morganton)  FIPS: 37023                     - pop.87,570                   
                                
                       Lincoln County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lincolnton)  FIPS: 37109                     - pop.86,810                   
                                
                       Caldwell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Lenoir)  FIPS: 37027                     - pop.80,652                   
                                
                       Wilson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wilson)  FIPS: 37195                     - pop.78,784                   
                                
                       Chatham County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Pittsboro)  FIPS: 37037                     - pop.76,285                   
                                
                       Surry County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Dobson)  FIPS: 37171                     - pop.71,359                   
                                
                       Franklin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Louisburg)  FIPS: 37069                     - pop.68,573                   
                                
                       Carteret County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Beaufort)  FIPS: 37031                     - pop.67,686                   
                                
                       Wilkes County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wilkesboro)  FIPS: 37193                     - pop.65,969                   
                                
                       Rutherford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rutherfordton)  FIPS: 37161                     - pop.64,444                   
                                
                       Lee County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sanford)  FIPS: 37105                     - pop.63,285                   
                                
                       Stanly County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Albemarle)  FIPS: 37167                     - pop.62,504                   
                                
                       Haywood County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Waynesville)  FIPS: 37087                     - pop.62,089                   
                                
                       Granville County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Oxford)  FIPS: 37077                     - pop.60,992                   
                                
                       Pender County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Burgaw)  FIPS: 37141                     - pop.60,203                   
                                
                       Sampson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Clinton)  FIPS: 37163                     - pop.59,036                   
                                
                       Lenoir County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Kinston)  FIPS: 37107                     - pop.55,122                   
                                
                       Watauga County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Boone)  FIPS: 37189                     - pop.54,086                   
                                
                       Hoke County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Raeford)  FIPS: 37093                     - pop.52,082                   
                                
                       Columbus County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Whiteville)  FIPS: 37047                     - pop.50,623                   
                                
                       Edgecombe County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Tarboro)  FIPS: 37065                     - pop.48,900                   
                                
                       Duplin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Kenansville)  FIPS: 37061                     - pop.48,715                   
                                
                       Halifax County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Halifax)  FIPS: 37083                     - pop.48,622                   
                                
                       Beaufort County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Washington)  FIPS: 37013                     - pop.44,652                   
                                
                       McDowell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marion)  FIPS: 37111                     - pop.44,578                   
                                
                       Stokes County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Danbury)  FIPS: 37169                     - pop.44,520                   
                                
                       Jackson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sylva)  FIPS: 37099                     - pop.43,109                   
                                
                       Richmond County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Rockingham)  FIPS: 37153                     - pop.42,946                   
                                
                       Davie County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Mocksville)  FIPS: 37059                     - pop.42,712                   
                                
                       Vance County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Henderson)  FIPS: 37181                     - pop.42,578                   
                                
                       Pasquotank County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elizabeth City)  FIPS: 37139                     - pop.40,568                   
                                
                       Person County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Roxboro)  FIPS: 37145                     - pop.39,097                   
                                
                       Yadkin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Yadkinville)  FIPS: 37197                     - pop.37,214                   
                                
                       Macon County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Franklin)  FIPS: 37113                     - pop.37,014                   
                                
                       Dare County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Manteo)  FIPS: 37055                     - pop.36,915                   
                                
                       Alexander County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Taylorsville)  FIPS: 37003                     - pop.36,444                   
                                
                       Scotland County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Laurinburg)  FIPS: 37165                     - pop.34,174                   
                                
                       Transylvania County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Brevard)  FIPS: 37175                     - pop.32,986                   
                                
                       Bladen County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Elizabethtown)  FIPS: 37017                     - pop.29,606                   
                                
                       Cherokee County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Murphy)  FIPS: 37039                     - pop.28,774                   
                                
                       Currituck County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Currituck)  FIPS: 37053                     - pop.28,100                   
                                
                       Ashe County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jefferson)  FIPS: 37009                     - pop.26,577                   
                                
                       Montgomery County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Troy)  FIPS: 37123                     - pop.25,751                   
                                
                       Caswell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Yanceyville)  FIPS: 37033                     - pop.22,736                   
                                
                       Anson County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Wadesboro)  FIPS: 37007                     - pop.22,055                   
                                
                       Martin County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Williamston)  FIPS: 37117                     - pop.22,031                   
                                
                       Hertford County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Winton)  FIPS: 37091                     - pop.21,552                   
                                
                       Madison County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Marshall)  FIPS: 37115                     - pop.21,193                   
                                
                       Greene County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Snow Hill)  FIPS: 37079                     - pop.20,451                   
                                
                       Polk County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Columbus)  FIPS: 37149                     - pop.19,328                   
                                
                       Warren County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Warrenton)  FIPS: 37185                     - pop.18,642                   
                                
                       Yancey County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Burnsville)  FIPS: 37199                     - pop.18,470                   
                                
                       Bertie County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Windsor)  FIPS: 37015                     - pop.17,934                   
                                
                       Avery County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Newland)  FIPS: 37011                     - pop.17,806                   
                                
                       Northampton County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Jackson)  FIPS: 37131                     - pop.17,471                   
                                
                       Mitchell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bakersville)  FIPS: 37121                     - pop.14,903                   
                                
                       Swain County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bryson City)  FIPS: 37173                     - pop.14,117                   
                                
                       Chowan County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Edenton)  FIPS: 37041                     - pop.13,708                   
                                
                       Perquimans County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hertford)  FIPS: 37143                     - pop.13,005                   
                                
                       Pamlico County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Bayboro)  FIPS: 37137                     - pop.12,276                   
                                
                       Clay County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Hayesville)  FIPS: 37043                     - pop.11,089                   
                                
                       Washington County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Plymouth)  FIPS: 37187                     - pop.11,003                   
                                
                       Alleghany County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Sparta)  FIPS: 37005                     - pop.10,888                   
                                
                       Gates County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Gatesville)  FIPS: 37073                     - pop.10,478                   
                                
                       Camden County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Camden)  FIPS: 37029                     - pop.10,355                   
                                
                       Jones County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Trenton)  FIPS: 37103                     - pop.9,172                   
                                
                       Graham County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Robbinsville)  FIPS: 37075                     - pop.8,030                   
                                
                       Hyde County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Swan Quarter)  FIPS: 37095                     - pop.4,589                   
                                
                       Tyrrell County Family Court
                   
                   County Seat: (Columbia)  FIPS: 37177                     - pop.3,245                   
                            
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While the terms physical custody and legal custody refer to types of decisions affecting your children, “joint custody” and “sole custody” refer to who makes those choices on behalf of the kids.

Joint custody refers to a situation where both parents make decisions.

Sole custody means that just one parent has control.

Note that these two types of custody can be blended, and that joint custody doesn’t necessarily mean a 50/50 split.

For example, parents could be granted joint legal custody—giving them both a say in important decisions about their child’s education, religious training, medical treatment, and the like—while one parent gets sole physical custody, meaning that the child will live with him or her and most likely visit the other.

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Split custody means that each parent takes primary custody of different kids—think of the film “The Parent Trap,” where the parents separate the twin sisters as babies, raising one in California and one in Boston. Such arrangements are unlikely to lead to Hollywood endings and are usually disfavored, but there are rare situations in which split custody may make sense. For example, if the siblings aren’t close or if a particular child-parent relationship is unusually strained, an unconventional arrangement might be appropriate.

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