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This Manual is written for legal professionals involved in abuse, neglect, dependency, and related termination of parental rights proceedings in North Carolina. It provides easily accessible information about the laws, procedures, and concepts that apply to these proceedings. Topics are organized into fourteen chapters, addressing the different stages of these proceedings from a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or dependency through the achievement of a permanent plan for the child, as well as an overview of North Carolina's child welfare system, jurisdictional issues, evidence, appeals, confidentiality, and applicable federal laws. Each chapter combines applicable statutes, relevant case summaries, additional resources, and practical explanations. Nine checklists address the various types of hearings that are involved in these proceedings.The 2023 edition updates the six previous editions. This new edition incorporates legislative changes, over 100 new appellate opinions, and additional resources available as of December 31, 2023.Production of this Manual was made possible with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children and Families, and the Court Improvement Program of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.

Finance--the acquisition, management, and expenditure of money and other financial resources--is critical to local government operations. How a local government approaches finance significantly affects how its officials and employees perform their duties and how it can serve its constituents. But North Carolina's local governments do not operate with complete independence or at the sole discretion of their officials or employees. Instead, our state's local governments derive all of their powers from the North Carolina General Assembly--and the General Assembly, through a variety of laws, has delineated the manner in which local governments may acquire, manage, and expend public funds.Now in its fifth edition, this book introduces readers to these key legal rules affecting local government finance and basic principles of revenue forecasting, budgeting, governmental accounting, and financial management. It continues to serve as the textbook for Introduction to Local Government Finance, the foundational course of the UNC School of Government's local government finance curriculum. Intended for local government officials and employees who manage, supervise, or oversee any aspect of local government finance, the course is particularly recommended for new finance officers and other finance personnel, managers, budget officers, purchasers, tax collectors and other tax office personnel as well as local government attorneys. The course provides a survey of the statutory, strategic, and practical limits of local government finance and financial management. Areas of instruction include the basic legal authority and limitations relating to local government revenues, budgeting processes, cash management, purchasing and contracting, expenditure control, conflicts of interest, fund accounting, and financial reporting. It also covers special public records laws relating to local government finance records and information.Like the School of Government's course, this book is a collaborative effort among School faculty members that specialize in local government finance. Unless otherwise specified in a given chapter, it reflects statutory provisions and case law through July 1, 2023.

The North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2021 is a comprehensive legal reference created for North Carolina district judges. It provides summaries of North Carolina law governing cases routinely heard in district court.Volume 1, Family Law is divided into two parts, each sold separately. Part A contains the following chapters: 1. Spousal Agreements, 2. Postseparation Support and Alimony, 3. Child Support and 4. Child Custody. Part B contains the following chapters: 5. Divorce and Annulment, 6. Equitable Distribution, 7. Domestic Violence, 8. Adoption, 9. Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent Requirement for a Minor's Abortion, and 10. Paternity.Individual chapters are available as printable PDFs.

The North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, District Court, Vol. 1, Family Law, 2021 is a comprehensive legal reference created for North Carolina district judges. It provides summaries of North Carolina law governing cases routinely heard in district court.Volume 1, Family Law is divided into two parts, each sold separately. Part A contains the following chapters: 1. Spousal Agreements, 2. Postseparation Support and Alimony, 3. Child Support and 4. Child Custody. Part B contains the following chapters: 5. Divorce and Annulment, 6. Equitable Distribution, 7. Domestic Violence, 8. Adoption, 9. Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent Requirement for a Minor's Abortion, and 10. Paternity.Individual chapters are available as printable PDFs.

Local Social Services Boards in North Carolina provides social services board members with the information that they need to understand their roles and legal responsibilities within North Carolina's social services system. It may also be a useful reference for county social services directors, social services attorneys, county commissioners, county managers, and county attorneys. Among other topics, this book includes an overview of the laws governing the work of social services boards, the powers and duties of a county board of social services, the services and programs offered by county social services agencies, and the role of the county director of social services. This book, which revises, updates, and expands John L. Saxon's Handbook for County Social Services Boards, is the first in a three-part series from the School of Government that will also include books for local boards of health and consolidated human services boards.

This book provides a detailed legal analysis of development regulation. It addresses the types of regulations that may be employed and the scope of legal authority for each. The fourth edition incorporates legal developments through 2023. Topics include: - Process for ordinance amendments, - Spot, contract, and conditional zoning, - Quasi-judicial procedures, - Special use permits, variances, and appeals of staff decisions, - Permit administration and enforcement, - Vested rights and nonconformities, - Statutory and constitutional limits on regulatory authority, and- Judicial review of regulatory decisions.