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- 2015 Parent Attorney Conference: Advanced Evidence in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Cases
- 2016 Parent Attorney Conference: Addressing Issues of Substance Abuse and Addiction
- 2017 Parent Attorney Conference: Looking Back and Moving Forward: The Next Ten Years of Parent Representation
- 2019 Intensive Parent Defender Training
- 2020 OPD Annual Report
- 2021 OPD Annual Report
- 2022 Notice of Appeal – Order Eliminating Reunification (no TPR)
- 2022 Notice of Appeal – Termination of Parental Rights
- 2022 Notice of Appeal – TPR and Order Eliminating Reunification
- 2022 Notice of Appeal-Adjudication and Disposition Order
- 2022 Notice to Preserve-Order Eliminating Reunification
- 2022 OPD Annual Report
- 2023 Appeal Checklist
- 2023 How to Appeal
- 2023 Notice of Appeal-Change of custody3 and Civil Custody Order
- A Guide to Relinquishments and Post-Relinquishment Review Hearings
- A Minor’s Consent to Adoption: Where and in What Proceeding Is It Waived?
- A/N/D Training Materials
- About the Office of the Parent Defender
- Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency (A/N/D) Petitions: Sign and Verify
- Abuse, Neglect, Dependency Actions Automatically Stay Custody Claims in Civil Actions
- Abuse, Neglect, Dependency, and Termination of Parental Rights
- Adjudication Checklist
- Adverse Decision of Executive Director and Procedures for Review
- AND/TPR Billing Guidelines
- AND/TPR Manual
- Appeal Information Statement
- Appeals of Right Based on a Dissent
- Appellate Attorney Resources
- Appellate Style Manual: The North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Rules Committee
- Application and Order for Defense Expert Witness Funding (AOC-G-309)
- Application for Appellate Roster 2022 non-criminal
- Appointment & Payment of GALs in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases
- Appointments of Counsel for Non-Parent Respondents
- Best interest of the child: No-win scenario
- Best interest of the child: Presumption of guilt
- Best interest of the child: The poverty trap
- Brief Bank
- Brief Template
- Browse All Resources
- Case Information Sheet
- Certificate of Service
- Certificate of Service – Proposed Record on Appeal
- Certificate of Service – Record on Appeal
- Certificate of Settlement
- Checklist for Appellate Fee Application Submission
- Child Support Enforcement & Contempt
- Childhood Immunizations and the Role of a County Department of Social Services
- Client FAQ 2022
- Client Form to Appeal
- Client Questionnaire
- COA Dissent Letter
- Conditions of Payment for Appellate Representation
- Contact
- Court of Appeals (see “Trial Level”)
- Cover Letter for filing DSS 6246
- Cover Letter for Subpoena
- Defense Petition for Expert Hourly Rate Deviation (AOC-G-310)
- Delinquency and DSS Custody without Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency: How Does That Work?
- Deposition Notice
- Depositions: Deposition Policy
- Depositions: Sample Motion for Deposition Costs
- Depositions: Sample Order for Deposition Costs
- Discovery Order
- DSS 6246
- DSS Manual Excerpt
- DSS to Chapter 50 Order
- Duty to Monitor Appointment of Trial Counsel After Appellate Relief
- Entitlement to Counsel after a Permanent Plan
- Ethical Dilemmas in Client Representation for DSS Attorneys in North Carolina
- Events
- Ex Parte Motion for Funds for Medical Expert
- Feedback from 7B Appellate Counsel (Fillable) Form
- File PDR Letter
- Fillable Motion for Review (AOC-J-140)
- Fillable Notice of Hearing in Juvenile Proceeding (AOC-J-141)
- Fillable Petition to Sue/Appeal as an Indigent (AOC-G-106)
- Fillable Subpoena (AOC-G-100)
- Fillable Timeline for Appeal
- For Attorneys
- For Parents & Allies
- Guide to Appealability of Interlocutory Orders
- Home
- How to Use the Appellate System to Push Back on the Family Policing System w/Annick Lenoir-Peek
- ICPC Form for DSS
- ICPC Form Instruction for DSS
- ICPC motion for non-removal parent
- ICPC Order
- ICPC Order-Priority Placement
- IDS & OAD Rules, Policies, Procedures, & Forms
- IDS Policies
- IDS Policies & Forms
- IDS to offer free MH CLE on Secondary Traumatic Stress; Preregistration is open!
- IDS-030 – Appeal Notification Form
- IDS-039 – Appeal Notification Form
- In re A.P.: A County DSS Director’s Standing to File an A/N/D Petition Is Not as Limited as Previously Held by the Court of Appeals
- In re AA (23-1127)
- In re AAC AGC ECC (23-355)
- In re ABC (233A19)
- In re AC (23-188)
- In re AE AE BE CE KE (23-28)
- In re AHD VID (22-382)
- In re AJ JC JC (22-522)
- In re AK LK (23-898)
- In re AMD (23-1085)
- In re AMD (23-223)
- In re AMH MPH KDH (23-89)
- In re AN (RF) (22-498)
- In re AN (RM) (22-498)
- In re ARB (22-694)
- In re BC (23-75)
- In re BRC (23-34)
- In re CKR ALR (24-122)
- In re CLK ERK (23-453)
- In re CTT (22-585)
- In re DDH (22-67)
- In re DL (23-219)
- In re DLS (22-88)
- In re DRJ (147A21)
- In re EC (20-143)
- In re EP-LM (19-803)
- In re FCH (22-72)
- In re GM JM AM (22-1011)
- In re GRD GTD GTD ED MD (22-637)
- In re IJH (22-540)
- In re IK (23-518)
- In re IS SS IS (23-519)
- In re JAW (21-636)
- In re JDC (22-610)
- In re JF TF SF KF (23-777)
- In re JGC JFC JHC JEC JJC (24-73)
- In re JP Jr (20-771)
- In re JS MS (23-165)
- In re KD (23-805)
- In re KFM (23-834)
- In re KJE (22-591)
- In re KMW, KLW (356A19)
- In re KN KN (23-296)
- In re KSD-F KND-F (491A19)
- In re KW, JW (20-999)
- In re LAR (23-428)
- In re LD AW (24-21)
- In re LD, AD (155A21)
- In re LGMW (22-419)
- In re LM KM KM (21-344)
- In re LNH (393PA20)
- In re MAC NGC CABC (22-134)
- In re MB (22-462)
- In re MB TB HD (23-853)
- In re MBJ (22-497)
- In re MK (186A21)
- In re MLB (243A20)
- In re MRB (23-825)
- In re MS SL TH SH (22-401)
- In re MW MW (22-21)
- In re NDM (22-483)
- In re NFP-C ESP-C (23-851)
- In re NJDK (21-569)
- In re NJRC (23-221)
- In re NN (24-43)
- In re NT KM AC (22-582)
- In re NV (23-1081)
- In re NZB (21-4)
- In re PJW (22-511)
- In re QH MH AH AH (19-972)
- In re RB (23-426)
- In re RH (23-1060)
- In re SD RD ID (23-233)
- In re SDS DWH (23-1099)
- In re SDZ (23-828)
- In re SFD (80A20)
- In re SFD 21-631 (Gaston)
- In re SG KG SG (22-506)
- In re SM DM (21-574)
- In re SOC (21-681)
- In re SW (23-160)
- In re TCM (21-242)
- In re TG (22-504)
- In re TM (21-676)
- In re TMR JWR NZR (22-367)
- In re TMR JWR NZR (22-367)
- In re TP (23-469)
- In re VJ (22-119)
- In re VS, AS (121PA21)
- In re ZMCB (23-1024)
- In re ZMJW MMB (20-194)
- In re ZRFD JLGD AJFD (21-602)
- In re ZT AT (23-166)
- Interdisciplinary Parent Representation (IPR) Program – Executive Summary
- Interdisciplinary Parent Representation Program
- Introduction Letter
- IPR Program Guide 2024
- It’s Complicated: Venue vs Jurisdiction in A/N/D and TPR Actions
- Jurisdiction
- Kinship Care and the Child Welfare System
- Kinship Caregiving Options
- Legislators want NC to stop making parents pay to avoid losing their kids
- Letter to Trial Court
- Links
- Mandatory Appellate Training
- Memo on Ex Parte Motions for Experts in AND cases
- Memo on Interpretation and Translation Services
- Monthly Memo #1 – Child Testimony
- Monthly Memo #1 Attachment – Order Denying Motion to Quash
- Monthly Memo #2 – ICPC
- Monthly Memo #3 – Residual Hearsay
- Monthly Memo #4 – Child Support
- Monthly Memo #5 – ICPC and Relatives
- Monthly Memo #5 – ICPC Order
- Monthly Memo #5 – ICPC Order for Expedited Placement Decision
- Monthly Memo #5 – ICPC Task Tracker
- Monthly Memo #6 – Business Records Hearsay Exception
- Motion and Order for Deposition Costs
- Motion and Order for Discovery
- Motion and Order for Expert Witness
- Motion and Order for Remote Testimony
- Motion and Order to Secure Necessary Witness
- Motion for Extension
- Motion for Extension of Time on PROA
- Motion for Extension of Time on Transcript
- Motion for Family Day Visit
- Motion for Funds for Social Work Expert
- Motion for Navy Records
- Motion for Order of Contempt
- Motion for Rule 4 Service
- Motion for Stay
- Motion for Visits and Case Plan for Incarcerated Parents
- Motion for Waiver of Service Requirement
- Motion in Limine
- Motion Requesting Additional Transcript
- Motion Requesting Oral Argument
- Motion to Amend Brief
- Motion to Dismiss 12(b)(6)
- Motion to Extend Page/Word Limit
- Motion to Publish
- Motion to Quash
- Motion to Re-Open the Evidence
- Motion to Recuse
- Motion to Strike
- Motion to Withdraw Appeal
- Motion to Withdraw Argument
- Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (Client Request)
- Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (Constructive Discharge)
- Motions for En Banc Hearing and Rehearing Under Rule 31.1
- NC Appellate Practice Blog
- NC Rules of Appellate Procedure
- NC Supreme Court Addresses ICWA for the First Time
- NC Supreme Court Addresses Jurisdiction in TPRs of Out-of-State Parents
- New Ethics Opinion on Dual Role GAL–Attorney Advocates in Juvenile Proceedings
- News
- No PDR, No MEBR Letter
- No PDR, No MEBR Letter – Attachment
- No-Merit Briefs
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA – Affidavit of Client
- NOA No Certificate of Service on NOA – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Client
- NOA Not Signed by Client – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Signed by Client – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Signed by Counsel – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Not Timely
- NOA Not Timely – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Not Timely – Affidavit of Counsel
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective – Affidavit of Client
- NOA Unclear/Not all hearings/Defective – Affidavit of Counsel
- North Carolina Child Support Enforcement Manual
- North Carolina Juvenile Court: A Handbook for Parents in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Hearings
- Notice of Appeal
- Notice of Appeal – Change of Custody
- Notice of Appeal Tip Sheet
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony – Narrative Example A
- Notice of Reconstructed Testimony – Narrative Example B
- Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal
- One Potato, Two Potato: The Rules of Civil Procedure in A/N/D and TPR Proceedings
- OPD IPRP Report 11-2023
- OPD-IPRP Report 11-2024
- OPD-IPRP Report 12-2024
- OPD-IPRP Report 2-2024
- OPD-IPRP Report 5-2024
- OPD-IPRP Report 8-2024
- OPD-IPRP Report 9-2023
- OPD-IPRP Site Map 2024
- Order Denying Motion to Quash
- Out-of-Court Foreign Language Interpreters & Translators
- Parent Attorney Conference: August 17, 2023
- Parent Report Example 3
- Parent Representation
- Parent Representation Forms
- Part 3 – Rules for Non-Capital Criminal and Non-Criminal Appeals
- Partnering With Relatives to Promote Reunification
- Petition for Rehearing (Example)
- Petition for Rehearing En Banc
- Petition for Writ of Mandamus
- Petition for Writ of Supersedeas Ma
- Petitions for Discretionary Review
- Privacy Act Release Form – Medical
- Public Defense Partners
- Request Access to the Brief Bank
- Resources
- Response to DSS Report
- Reunification: Bringing Your Children Home From Foster Care
- Role of Trial & Appellate Counsel Under Appellate Rule 3.1
- Rule 60 Post-ROA Being Filed
- Rule 60 Pre-ROA Being Filed
- SCRA Flowchart
- SCRA Steps to Take
- Shielding Identities of Juveniles and Victims of Sex Crimes
- Standard MAC Attorney Contract – IPR
- Standard MAC SW Contract – IPR
- Statement Regarding Exhibits
- Statement Regarding Exhibits – Slip Sheet Example
- Statement Regarding Exhibits – Stipulation Regarding Partial Exhibit Example
- Staycation All I Ever Wanted: Why Parent Attorneys Should Consider Requesting Stays of TPR Orders
- Stipulation Regarding Pseudonym
- Subpoena
- Subscription to the Appellate Listserv
- Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of North Carolina Self-Representation Packet
- Test
- The Guidebook: Citation, Style, and Usage at the Supreme Court of North Carolina (2nd Edition)
- TPR Checklist
- Transcript Information
- Trial Attorney Resources
- Tribunal de menores de Carolina del norte: Un manual para padres involucrados en audiencias de abuso, maltrato, descuido y dependencia de menores
- Tribunal Identification
- Tuesday’s Tip #14 – Continued Non-Secure Custody Hearings
- Tuesday’s Tip #15 – Relinquishment
- Tuesday’s Tip #26 – Payment of Witnesses
- Tuesday’s Tip #27 – ICWA
- Tuesday’s Tip #28 – Safety vs Case Plan
- Tuesday’s Tip #29 -Mandamus
- Tuesday’s Tip #1 – Delay in Hearing
- Tuesday’s Tip #10 – Reasonable Efforts Toward Reunification
- Tuesday’s Tip #11 – Appealing an Order
- Tuesday’s Tip #12 – Preserving Constitutional Issues for Appeal
- Tuesday’s Tip #13 – Getting Evidence Into the Record
- Tuesday’s Tip #16 – Addressing Prior Case Plans
- Tuesday’s Tip #17 – Rylan’s Law
- Tuesday’s Tip #18 – To Withdraw or Not To Withdraw
- Tuesday’s Tip #19 – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
- Tuesday’s Tip #2 – Incarcerated Parents
- Tuesday’s Tip #20 – To Withdraw or Not To Withdraw… Part II
- Tuesday’s Tip #21 – Constitutionalizing Continuances
- Tuesday’s Tip #22 – Discovery Part I, Pre-Adjudication
- Tuesday’s Tip #23 – Custody at Non-Secure
- Tuesday’s Tip #24 – Preserving Your Relationship with Your Client
- Tuesday’s Tip #25 – Poverty
- Tuesday’s Tip #3 – Visitation Once Closed
- Tuesday’s Tip #4 – Releases
- Tuesday’s Tip #5 – Delay in Entry
- Tuesday’s Tip #6 – Child Support
- Tuesday’s Tip #7 – SCRA
- Tuesday’s Tip #8 – Cookie Cutter Plans
- Tuesday’s Tip #9 – End of Hearing Checklist
- Understanding Your Rights as a Parent
- Useful Links
- Wake County-Motion for Order to Show Cause
- Wake County-Order to Show Cause
- When and How Criminal-Defense Attorneys Can Obtain Access to Confidential Child-Welfare and Juvenile Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Records
- Where We Are Now Letter
- Where We Are Now Letter (Spanish)
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Improper Party
- Withdrawal of Appeal – No Client Signature
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Non-Appealable
- Withdrawal of Appeal – Notice Untimely
- Word Count Certificate