to all interested parties.” Id. § 50-11.2; see also id. §§ 50-20, 50-21 (providing similar permissive language with respect to the distribution of marital property). If claims for custody or support are not pursued in the original divorce proceeding, they may be maintained as independent civil actions. See id. § 50 — 13.5(b)(1); e.g., Flitt v. Flitt, 149 N.C.App. 475, 561 S.E.2d 511, 512-13 (2002) (noting that matters concerning child custody and support were pending in another action separate from the divorce proceeding). These separate actions may proceed before or after the divorce is final and regardless of whether a petition for divorce has even been filed. See N.C. GemStat. §§ 50-13.1, 50-13.4; e.g., Baumann-Chacon v. Baumann, 212 N.C.App. 137, 710 S.E.2d 431, 435-36 (2011) (<HOLDING>). However, in the interest of judicial economy,
holding that the trial court had continuing jurisdiction over all subsequent custody orders once the trial court acquired jurisdiction holding in a case considering whether the trial court should have conducted a competency hearing sua sponte that an appellate court may only consider those facts which were before the court when the trial commenced holding that utah jurisdiction was proper over washington state resident who commenced proceedings in utah to enforce visitation and custody provisions of divorce decree holding that district court had no jurisdiction to consider plaintiffs claims that his constitutional rights were violated in state divorce proceeding holding that trial court had jurisdiction to consider custody dispute before a divorce or separation action had commenced