Family law · Asheville, North Carolina

Steady counsel through divorce, custody, and everything after.

Harnett & Vale is a family law firm in Asheville, North Carolina. We handle divorce and separation, child custody and support, mediation, adoption, post-divorce modifications and prenuptial agreements — and we tell you plainly what each one asks of you before you commit to it.

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Practice areas

Six areas of family law. One firm that stays with you.

Tell us what you are facing and we will route your call to the attorney who handles it — not to whoever is free that morning.

Divorce & separation

Separation agreements, filing, property division, and the order of decisions so nothing moves faster than you are ready for.

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Child custody & support

Parenting plans, schedules and support worked out around your children’s actual week, not a standard form.

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Mediation

A guided conversation outside the courtroom, aimed at an agreement you can both live with.

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Adoption

Stepparent, relative and agency adoptions, handled one document at a time with the paperwork explained as we go.

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Post-divorce modifications

When jobs, schools or schedules change, the order can change with them. We tell you what that takes.

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Prenuptial agreements

A clear-eyed conversation before the wedding, drafted while everything is calm and both sides can think.

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Not sure which area covers your situation? A consultation sorts that out first — before anything is filed and before any decision is locked in.

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How we work

What working with us actually looks like.

We listen first

The consultation starts with your situation as it actually is: what has been filed, what has been agreed, who else is involved, and what you want the other side of this to look like.

We lay out the options

Mediation, negotiation, or a courtroom. We tell you which one fits your case, what it asks of you, and what changes if the other side will not move.

We stay on it

Plain language, few surprises, and a clear account of the next step — from the first letter to the final order.

“You should never have to guess what happens next in your own case.”

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The firm

One area of law, practiced in depth.

Harnett & Vale is a family law practice in Asheville, North Carolina. We take family law cases and nothing else: divorce and separation, child custody and support, mediation, adoption, post-divorce modifications and prenuptial agreements.

That focus is deliberate. Family law runs on school years, work schedules and court calendars, and it asks a lawyer to stay steady when the client cannot be. Handling one kind of case means you are not explaining the basics to your own attorney.

Based inAsheville, North Carolina
Practice focusFamily law only
ServingAsheville and Western North Carolina
ConsultationsBy appointment

A quiet corner of a family law office with an oak desk by a window and an open notebook — Our office — Asheville, North Carolina

Layered Blue Ridge ridges at first light with mist in the valley folds — The Blue Ridge at first light — Western North Carolina

Consultation

Start with a conversation.

A consultation is where the picture gets clearer. You bring the situation; we tell you where it stands and what the realistic options are.

What has been filed, agreed, or left open.
The options that fit your situation, and what each one asks of you.
The next concrete step — and which attorney here takes it with you.

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Tell us what is happening. We will take it from there.

We will route you to the right practice area and the attorney who handles it. No obligation, and no jargon you have to translate on the drive home.

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By appointment · Asheville, North Carolina