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NC Office of the Parent Defender

NC Office of the Parent Defender

Providing and promoting high quality legal representation for parents affected by the child welfare system (DSS) and parents facing contempt in child support and other civil proceedings

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    • A/N/D & TPR Manual
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Resources

September 14, 2022

Useful Links

September 14, 2022

Motion for Navy Records

September 14, 2022

Fillable Petition to Sue/Appeal as an Indigent (AOC-G-106)

September 6, 2022

New Ethics Opinion on Dual Role GAL–Attorney Advocates in Juvenile Proceedings

July 22, 2022

A Guide to Relinquishments and Post-Relinquishment Review Hearings

July 1, 2022

Adverse Decision of Executive Director and Procedures for Review

May 9, 2022

Kinship Care and the Child Welfare System

April 29, 2022

Test

April 14, 2022

NC Supreme Court Addresses Jurisdiction in TPRs of Out-of-State Parents

April 4, 2022

Out-of-Court Foreign Language Interpreters & Translators

December 13, 2021

Kinship Caregiving Options

December 1, 2021

2021 OPD Annual Report

October 1, 2021

Ethical Dilemmas in Client Representation for DSS Attorneys in North Carolina

October 1, 2021

When and How Criminal-Defense Attorneys Can Obtain Access to Confidential Child-Welfare and Juvenile Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Records

September 15, 2021

Staycation All I Ever Wanted: Why Parent Attorneys Should Consider Requesting Stays of TPR Orders

May 1, 2021

Notice of Appeal

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Contact

123 West Main Street
Suite 700
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 354-7230

Key Links

  • Parent Representation Forms
  • Brief Bank
  • Trial Attorney Resources
  • Appellate Attorney Resources

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