All adjudicatory and dispositional hearings shall be recorded by stenographic notes or by electronic or mechanical means. Records shall be reduced to a written transcript only when timely notice of appeal has been given. The court may order that other hearings be recorded.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-806
Record of proceedings
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 159 N.C. App. 75 - In Re Clark (2003)
Most recently applied in 192 N.C. App. 275 - In Matter of Jla (August 2008)
1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6; 1999-456, s. 60.
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