Articles in the Domestic Violence category

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has issued opinions recently that address two important issues relating to Chapter 50B DVPOs, the effect of repeated continuances of an ex parte order […]

This post was written by Brittany Bromell. She can be contacted at bwilliams@sog.unc.edu. North Carolina General Statute 50B-3.1 provides that, under certain circumstances, a person who is subject to a […]

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G.S. 50B-3(b) provides that, if requested to do so before a current domestic violence protective order (DVPO) expires, the trial court can renew the order for good cause for an […]

We have Chapter 50B authorizing civil domestic violence protective orders to protect victims of domestic violence and Chapter 50C authorizing civil no-contact orders to protect victims of sexual misconduct and […]

Legislation enacted during this past summer is set to take effect soon. S.L. 2022-48 addressing the renewal of domestic violence protective orders and S.L. 2022-47 addressing the process for authorized […]

**After this entry was posted, the North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals in M.E. v. T.J. and left the holding of the Court of […]

A plaintiff cannot obtain a Civil No-Contact Order pursuant to GS Chapter 50C against a defendant younger than 16 years of age. GS 50C-1(7). There is no similar general restriction […]

****UPDATE TO THIS POST: The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals discussed below. See Mucha v. Wagner, N.C. (August 13, 2021).   I wrote […]

S.L. 2019-168 amended GS 50B-7 to specify that “[a]ny subsequent court order entered supersedes similar provisions in protective orders issued pursuant to this Chapter.” The amendment applies to DVPOs in effect on or after December 1, 2019. Legislation was introduced during the last session of the NC General Assembly to narrow the category of superseding orders to only those orders entered in Chapter 50 And Chapter 110 cases, but neither bill was enacted. See SB 156 and HB 1097.

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