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A consent order is a record of an agreement which has been reached. Once agreed, it is submitted to the court for approval. Once the order has been given court approval, the order has legal force. You are bound by the order in the same way as if you have had a decision imposed on you by the court.

An emergency custody order, sometimes referred to as an ?ex parte order,? is an immediate, short-term custody order that a judge can grant under limited emergency circumstances, without hearing from the other party.

In order to enforce an out-of-state judgment, North Carolina requires that a judgment creditor must file: (1) an authenticated copy of the foreign judgment and (2) an affidavit stating that the judgment is final and is unsatisfied in whole or in part, and setting forth the amount remaining unpaid on the judgment.

Think of a consent order as the midway point between the two. It's an agreement between two parents who have negotiated and drafted their own custody arrangement, like those in a separation agreement. Then the agreement is signed by both parties and submitted to the judge who reads it and signs it.

You'll need to pay the court clerk $150 to open your case. If you can't afford it, submit a Petition to Proceed as an Indigent to ask the court to waive the charges. When the clerk gives you a file number, write it on your forms from Step 1 (the originals as well as the copies) and hand them all to the clerk.

Filing the Documents Take the original and two (2) copies of the Motion to the Civil Division of the Clerk of Superior Court's office in the county where your case is filed. The Clerk will stamp each Motion ?filed,? place the original in the Court file and return two (2) copies of the ?filed? document to you.