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Family Court's Administrative Staff
 
Family Court Administrator, Elisa A. Chinn-Gary
704-686-0291 Elisa.A.Chinn-Gary@nccourts.org
Elisa assists the Chief District Court Judge with the development and operation of the Family Court. She develops and evaluates case management procedures, prepares local rules and forms for publication, develops program evaluation tools, and manages community outreach efforts. She also hires and supervises the Family Court staff.
Case Coordinator, Mary Florence
704-686-0202 Mary.R.Florence@nccourts.org
Mary Florence is responsible for scheduling cases for hearings, trials, custody mediation orientation and Parent Education. She provides dates to pro se litigants in person, and to attorneys in person, by telephone, and by email. Mary is also responsible for processing orders and updating CaseWise information with names, addresses, attorney information and court dates.
Case Coordinator, Darwin Rice
704-686-0211 Darwin.F.Rice@nccourts.org
Darwin is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Self-Serve Center. The Self-Serve Center is a court-provided community resource that provides forms and other educational tools to assist pro se litigants access the justice system.
Case Coordinator, Shawana Withrow
704-686-0209 Shawana.Withrow@nccourts.org
Shawana is responsible for preparing all domestic hearing, trial, and pretrial conference calendars for publication each week and mailing notices of hearings and trials to pro se litigants and out of town attorneys. Shawana also handles continuance requests from attorneys and litigants, attends calendar call for each court session and reschedules hearings which were not reached in each court session. In addition, Shawana works with the Trial Court Administrator’s Office to ensure that all calendars are posted on the internet as well as in the Mecklenburg Times newspaper.
Case Coordinator, Adrienne White
704-686-0205 Adrienne.White@nccourts.org
Adrienne holds status conferences in cases in which both parties are pro se. She explains available services, how to access them, and schedules relevant court events. Adrienne monitors completion of Parent Education and Custody Mediation, and places cases that fail to comply with these requirements on a contempt calendar. She also processes motions for emergency custody, temporary parenting arrangements and mediation/parent education waivers.
Case Coordinator, Russell Hendrix
704-686-0203 Albert.R.Hendrix@nccourts.org
Russell is responsible for scheduling the next court event for all custody cases that involve at least one attorney after the case has closed in mediation. Russell conducts status conferences at which time he verifies completion of court requirements and schedules the case for its next court event. In addition to these Family Court Case Manager duties, Russell serves as the Juvenile Court Case Manager in Juvenile Court.
Case Coordinator, Debbie Garrison
704-686-207 Debra.G.Garrison@nccourts.org
Debbie is responsible for monitoring domestic cases to ensure that they are disposed of in a timely manner. She is the liaison between litigants/attorneys and the Judges regarding final resolution of cases within time standards. Debbie conducts monthly screenings and reviews cases and works with the Judges and Clerk’s Office to get cases closed. Debbie prepares and manages the domestic productivity statistics, is Shawana’s backup in preparing calendars, and handles special projects or requests from Judges.
Case Coordinator, Erin Stack
704-686-292 Erin.M.Stack@nccourts.org
Erin assists Debbie in monitoring aging domestic cases. She researches case files for information regarding the status of pending issues and make recommendations as to how the case should proceed. Erin will also be responsible for the Permancy Mediation Program.
Custody Mediation Program Assistant, Lizette Parker-Lee
704-686-0220 Lizette.S.Parker-Lee@nccourts.org
Lizette provides secretarial and administrative support to the custody mediators. She also processes and tracks cases throughout the mediation process.
Custody Mediator, Katherine O'Kane
704-686-0220 Katherine.H.O'Kane@nccourts.org
Katherine assists parties involved in custody and visitation cases with reaching a mediated parenting agreement. If an agreement is reached, Katherine prepares the agreement for the parties’ signature.
Custody Mediator, Elizabeth Hollowell
704-686-0224 Elizabeth.Hollowell@nccourts.org
Assists parties involved in custody and visitation cases with reaching a mediated parenting agreement. If an agreement is reached,it is prepared for the parties' signature.
Custody Mediator, Jennifer Kuehn
704-686-0220 Jennifer.C.Kuehn@nccourts.org
Assists parties involved in custody and visitation cases with reaching a mediated parenting agreement. If an agreement is reached,it is prepared for the parties' signature.
 
  
 
   
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