Estate planningChapel Hill, North Carolina
Averett Family Law
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Help with what matters.
Averett Family Law, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, handles separation, divorce, child custody and support, and family law contracts. It also prepares estate plans including wills, powers of attorney, healthcare powers of attorney, trusts and special needs trusts, and assists with trust administration, probate and guardianships.
Who you may work with.
- D. Melissa AverettManaging Attorney
- Alex PalmeAssociate Attorney
- Kirsten GrieserAssociate Attorney
Named as listed on the firm’s website.
License verification.
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Experience Score.
Not yet scoredEstatePlan.now Experience Score for Averett Family Law2 of 5 factors checkedHow this score works
Measures how openly a firm publishes its pricing and how much of the process can happen online or remotely. Not a rating of legal skill, ethics or results.
A number appears once at least 3 of the five factors have been checked on the firm's site.
- Pricing transparency / 300 / 30No estate-planning price published (checked firm by firm)
- Start online / 253 / 25A contact form · Source: averettfamilylaw.com/about · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Remote meetings / 15UnknownNo statement about remote meetings has been recorded.
- Flexible signing / 15UnknownNo statement about remote signing or online notarization has been recorded.
- Family Access / 15UnknownThe Family Access checklist has not been reviewed for this firm.
Unknown means not recorded or not checked. It never counts against the firm.
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Pricing, in context.
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How to get started.
Begin with: Message the firm or call (919) 903-9442 to request an appointment.
Sources and review.
Each fact above comes from the firm’s own website. We record where it appears, when we observed it and when it was last checked against that page. Firm pages change — the firm’s site is the current source.
| Field | What we show | Source | Observed | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experience Score: Pricing transparency | Not found — No estate-planning price published (checked firm by firm) | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Start online | Observed — A contact form | averettfamilylaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Experience Score: Remote meetings | Couldn’t check — No statement about remote meetings has been recorded. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Flexible signing | Couldn’t check — No statement about remote signing or online notarization has been recorded. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Family Access | Couldn’t check — The Family Access checklist has not been reviewed for this firm. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Firm and location | Averett Family Law, Chapel Hill, NC | averettfamilylaw.com/contact (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Person named | D. Melissa Averett, Managing Attorney | averettfamilylaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Person named | Alex Palme, Associate Attorney | averettfamilylaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Person named | Kirsten Grieser, Associate Attorney | averettfamilylaw.com/team/kirsten-grieser (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Estate planning | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Wills & trusts | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Incapacity planning | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Special needs trusts | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Probate & trust administration | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Guardianship & conservatorship | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Published price | Price not listed | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| How to begin | Message the firm or call (919) 903-9442 to request an appointment (Contact firm) | averettfamilylaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service area | Chatham, Orange, Durham, Lee and Alamance Counties, North Carolina | averettfamilylaw.com/services-areas-of-practice (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Phone | (919) 903-9442 | averettfamilylaw.com/contact (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Photo | Not shown | No suitable photo found on the firm’s website | — | — |
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