North Carolina Family Law Specialist Since 1989

Over 40 Year of Experience

North Carolina Family Law Specialist Since 1989

Over 40 Year of Experience

North Carolina Family Law Specialist Since 1989

Over 40 Year of Experience

For over 40 years, Mr. Kelso has provided aggressive legal representation that seeks to achieve his clients' reasonable legal objectives. Sometimes this requires filing a court case and litigating legal matters before a judge or jury. Others can sometimes be resolved through an agreement or mediation.

When you are involved in a lawsuit or a conflict that appears to be headed toward a lawsuit, you should immediately seek legal advice. Many times we can help resolve a conflict or dispute before it becomes a lawsuit. It is important that you take action immediately. Do not ignore the situation or attempt to take the law into your own hands. For example, if you are experiencing marital difficulties and think a separation may be necessary, you need quality legal representation before taking any action. Simply leaving your spouse without having a legal agreement or court order in place that allows you to do so may be deemed an "abandonment" under North Carolina law. If you abandon your spouse, your conduct may have severe consequences. Abandonment, in most cases, can be avoided by a simple separation agreement that is executed contemporaneously with your separation.

Our Practice Areas

Our Firm’s Goal

Our firm's goal is to help you resolve your legal problems at the least cost to you. It is generally true that the higher the conflict between you and the adverse party, the greater the fees and expenses to you. It is sometimes better to reach a reasonable settlement out of court than to go through the loss of time, stress, and costs of a trial. Once a lawsuit starts, you will have little control over the fees and expenses. For instance, we can settle your entire family law case, even where children are involved, for as little as $750, where all parties can agree to a separation agreement, property settlement, and parenting agreement. However, the key is being able to agree on everything with your spouse or other parent. If you cannot agree, a lawsuit is likely to be involved, and the initial fee will likely be significantly more than what it would have been to settle with an agreement.

A lawsuit is a fight. Each party will be required to pay fees and expenses for the attorneys to spend time in matters such as filing pleadings and motions, the discovery of assets, hearings, mediation, and, if mediation fails, a trial. Mr. Kelso's focus is not to play legal games or run up the cost of your case. However, fees must be paid to compensate for the time and expenses involved in providing competent and aggressive legal representation for you.

See What Our Clients are Saying

“Gabrielle (Legal Assistant) was very helpful with me and my brother's adult adoption. We wanted to be adopted by our step-father that way we could carry on his last name and honor him in the best way we knew how--by him officially becoming our legal father. Gabrielle was very professional and helped us out so much. Our whole family is thankful for her and her services!”


~ Kyle P.

“Mr. Kelso represented me in a family law matter involving a child support order that I believed had to be moved. After doing much research and due diligence (three states were involved), Mr. Kelso advised me on the best course of action for me and my children. Using his vast knowledge of case law and his years of experience handling such complex matters, he took the time to ensure that our best interests were met and happily and professionally answered any questions I had. My experience with Mr. Kelso was outstanding. I would highly recommend him for your family law needs, as he is well versed in all aspects of very complex matters and very responsive to your needs.”


~ Michele D.

“So far so good we have not been to court yet but the receptionist Is absolutely amazing Am lawyer chelsa is very respectful understanding Also he will break it down to where you can understand I love the fact that he will break it down from the way key talls legally to where we can understand it I absolutely hope Everything goes good in court to get my girls back”


~ Brittany J.

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