This episode is about how conflicts arise daily in elected office and there are respectful ways to manage it. The podcast also includes tips from Yadkin County Commissioner Kevin Austin and Morrisville Town Council Member Liz Johnson.

This episode is about how conflicts arise daily in elected office and there are respectful ways to manage it. The podcast also includes tips from Yadkin County Commissioner Kevin Austin and Morrisville Town Council Member Liz Johnson.

The water we drink, the streets we drive on, the police and fire protection we rely on – local governments provide these and other services every day. They set the parameters for quality of life in your community. Local Governments are close to you, but how much do you really [...]

The water we drink, the streets we drive on, the police and fire protection we rely on – local governments provide these and other services every day. They set the parameters for quality of life in your community. Local Governments are close to you, but how much do you really [...]

Welcome to “A Day in the Life.” This is a production of the Center for Public Leadership and Governance at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government. Each episode is a short podcast on the trials and tribulations newly elected local officials face each day as they serve their first year [...]

In this last episode, you’ll learn about permanent outcomes for the family and child, with a discussion of two opposite outcomes: a child’s reunification with his/her parents and the child’s adoption after a termination of parental rights. Find out what happens in our remaining court case!  

We’re back with Episode 5, “The Child’s Voice in Court: The Role of the Guardian ad Litem,” for our Beyond the Bench Season 2 podcast. In this episode, we take a break from our court cases to focus on the child. Find out how the child’s perspective is represented in [...]

At the end of our last episode, one of our two cases ended when the court dismissed it after concluding the child was not neglected. But in our other case, the case where the children were living with their parents in a van in the woods without adequate shelter, food, [...]

In this episode, through interviews with district court judges, a county department of social services attorney and a parent attorney, we will talk about the hearing where the court decides if the child is neglected and what happens afterwards.

In today’s episode, through interviews with county department social workers and attorney, the state Guardian ad litem program, a parent attorney, and district court judges, we’ll discuss how the county department responds to a report of suspected neglect and when court action is needed. This area of the law has its [...]