 Cary,
North Carolina,
the 7th largest city in North Carolina, was named
the “hottest town” in the East by Money Magazine, so
the secret's out!!! This is not Cary's only award,
or even its latest.
Cary Awards - Top area
in NC to:
- start a business
- buy a house
- raise a family
- retire
Cary has been named:
- one of the fastest
growing cities in the United States
- the safest city in
the South
- the sixth safest out
of 327 large cities in the nation
The North Carolina
State Treasurer's has awarded Cary with its
Governmental Award for Excellence for innovative and
progressive programs. (2002 and 2003)
Cary is located in the
heart of North Carolina's Triangle. Next to Research
Triangle Park, it is minutes away from the
Raleigh-Durham International Airport and
Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina.
Cary's
hometown feeling, educational, cultural (such as the
Cary Heritage Museum), and
recreational
offerings make it a wonderful place to raise children.
School-age children comprise about 23 percent of the Cary
population.
Employment is high in North Carolina; in Cary, NC,
that employment is professional. Cary boasts eight
Colleges, universities and professional schools
(including the famed
Duke University and
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH), 5
Junior colleges and technical institutes, 24 Medical
and Surgical Hospitals, and myriad clinics.
The Town of Cary was founded in the 1860's by Allison
Francis Page. This U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
built the hotel in Carey that became the
Page-Walker Arts & History Center (on the
National Register for Historic Places)
Cary's public transportation includes the new
GoTriangle!
which serves the entire Triangle area in NC. Cary has
also pioneered local transportation with C-Tran, a
Town of Cary service. C-Tran offers door-to-door
transportation by reservation to and from anywhere
in Cary.
According to the
US Census Bureau, Cary
NC had an estimated 116,910
residents. In 2007 there were 43,000 households in Cary. The average household size was 2.7
people and families made up 72 percent of the
households in Cary North Carolina.
Residents of
Cary
NC live in either Wake
County or Chatham County.
The
Family Court location for residents of Wake
County is 316 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC
27601. The Wake County
courts offer programs designed to help families and
children, which they describe as therapeutic
justice, meaning less time is spent in the
courtrooms.
All family law
issues such as divorce, child support, custody,
visitation, and division of the marital property are
considered civil issues and all actions relating to
family issues are handled in the District Court
division.
Cases assigned to Family Court include juvenile
delinquency charges; neglect and abuse charges;
termination of parental rights and adoptions;
domestic violence; child custody and visitation
rights; divorce and related financial issues like
child support, alimony, or equitable distribution of
property; abortion consent waivers, paternity;
involuntary commitments and guardianships.
Wake
County
is committed to providing a
prompt resolution of domestic cases. The goal for child custody
case resolution is 45 days for temporary orders to
be issued, 150
days for mediation sessions to be completed and
trials completed in 180 days. For child support
cases, the goal is 180 days for permanent orders to
be entered (from the date the complaint is filed).
The goal for post-separation support cases is
to have permanent orders entered within 90 days, and
alimony cases finalized within 365 days.
The
main
Chatham County Courthouse
is located at 12 E St.,
Pittsboro,
NC 27312.
Like Wake
County,
Chatham County employs a child custody mediator.
The mediator helps the parents create an agreement
in writing regarding child custody. Once the
agreement is signed, the mediator submits the
agreement to the court for approval. Once a judge
signs the child custody agreement, the agreement
becomes an enforceable order.
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