Programs | North Carolina Judicial Branch

A resource for non-custodial parents who seek access to and visitation with their children.

Mediation helps reduce the stress of conflict and keeps parents focused on the best interest of children.

A mediation program for matters referred to mediation by clerks of superior court.

Arbitration is intended to be a quick, inexpensive alternative to a lengthy trial before a judge.

The North Carolina Judicial Branch is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities have equal access to all court functions.

Dedicated to the peaceful resolution of conflict in North Carolina’s communities.

Facilitating timely, consistent, and thoughtful outcomes to a family's legal issues.

Established to assist separating couples in resolving financial disputes.

A Child's Advocate in Court.

Judicial Fellows provide independent, confidential, and timely legal services for the judges.

A federally funded program to improve court practice in child abuse, neglect, and dependency cases.

Designed to offer parties, with the help of their attorneys and a mediator, an opportunity and the support they need to settle their cases.

Committed to removing barriers that hinder equal access to justice by individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).

To provide a collaborative, problem-solving process for a case involving a juvenile adjudicated to be abused, neglected, or dependent.

Designed to encourage and promote early resolution of disputes alleging the existence of an agricultural nuisance.

Learn more about specialty courts designed to help in cases involving chemically dependent offenders.

Designed to ensure a timely exit from the child welfare court system for infants and toddlers to a safe, nurturing, and permanent home.

A program focused on keeping kids in school and out of court.

Annual fact sheet on North Carolina’s Court Programs.