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Clerk of Superior Court
Special Proceedings
Division
Cumberland County Courthouse [Map]
First Floor –
Office 107
(910) 475-3007
(Business Hours)
The
Clerk of Superior Court has statutory jurisdiction to hear and determine Special
Proceedings matters.
Examples
of such proceedings include foreclosures, adoptions and
legitimization/proof of birth, incompetency/guardianship proceedings,
name changes, motor vehicle liens, disputed monies, partitioning of
property, boundary line disputes, and condemnation of land for public use
just to name a few.
Petitions
for filing a special proceedings action as filed in the Special
Proceedings Division.
Calendaring
a Special Proceedings
After
the special proceeding has been filed, to obtain a hearing date for a
Special Proceedings, contact the Clerk of Court’s Special Proceeding’s
Division. It is your responsibility to provide notice of hearing as well as
properly notice motions for continuance in accordance with the Rules of
Civil Procedure.
Special Proceedings staff will assist you with
filing and answering procedural questions. However as with all judicial
proceedings, the Clerk's Office is expressly forbidden by law from
offering any legal advice and it is strongly recommended you seek
competent legal counsel to help you.
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