I don't suggest the attorney, Frank Thigpen, if you're a female in a custody battle. When I hired him to be MY lawyer he would step outside of our meeting area in the court house, go speak to my ex, when I opened the door so I could listen because of course I want to know what is being said being he is my lawyer not his but instead he told me I needed to go back in the room and he did not allow me to listen to what he was telling the ex and his family. Made some excuse of why he spoke to him when my ex had his own attorney. Lawyers represent you and there is no reason why he should've even spoke to my ex or his family when he wasn't their lawyer. He could've spoke to his lawyer but why talk to him? Also during this court battle, there was a child support agreement made but Frank failed to adjust it with the correct county and agency so that the agreement would be valid. Can't make more than one child support order in State of NC and neither he nor the other attorney handled it properly. The agreement was not valid according to the child support agency. He basically seemed to be on the side of my ex, idk. Waste of money (2000) getting this attorney. I highly suggest anyone else because this guy will do what he is able to do to help the other person instead of do for you, the one he is representing and the one paying him. None of what he did was of any help to the child nor me.