Release of New and Revised Juvenile Forms by the Administrative Office of the Courts
On October 1, 2019, the NC Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) released one new juvenile form and revised several existing juvenile forms. See the links to these forms below with a brief summary from AOC describing the specific revision. We have also linked a...
Jamie Bazemore, Adoption Facilitator, Participates on Panel at the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Building Understanding and Coalitions Conference
Stephenson & Fleming, LLP was represented at the North Carolina Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Building Understanding and Coalitions conference in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 27, 2019. Both Deana Fleming, JD and Jamie Bazemore, Adoption...
Angie Stephenson Joins the Dilley Pro Bono Project: Representing Mothers and Children Seeking Asylum
The Dilley Pro Bono Project On November 2, 2019, I am embarking on a weeklong pro bono mission near our country’s southern border in Dilley, Texas. The largest family detention center, the South Texas Family Residential Center, is found in this fairly remote town...
Honoring Adoption for Our Furry Family Members: Chatham Animal Rescue and Education
The primary focus at Stephenson & Fleming, LLP is the health, vitality, and permanence of family. Building strong and healthy families through birth, foster care, reunification, and adoption is our daily mission. We also recognize that there is another vital...
Legal Name Changes for Adults and Children
In North Carolina, there is a statutory process for legally changing an individual’s name. While similar in process, there are different requirements for name changes for adults and children. There are multiple personal reasons an individual would want to change their...
NC’s Unique Mechanisms for Supporting Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Caregivers
May is National Foster Care Month May is National Foster Care Month, a time to encourage families and children involved in the foster care system, recruit new foster parents, and support those foster, adoptive, and kinship parents already caring for children. Click...