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CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT LEGAL SERVICES
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
This Memorandum of Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into this 1st day of
August, 2021, by and between the Orange County Child Support Services Department
(“CSS”) and the office of the Orange County Attorney (“Legal”) (referred to collectively
as the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, CSS is mandated to collect child support payments and establish,
modify, and enforce child support payment judicial orders; and
WHEREAS, Legal is a department of Orange County Government organized by
and reporting to the Orange County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement in order to establish
the mutually agreed upon conditions upon which Legal will provide certain serv ices to
CSS in connection with child support enforcement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
1. Legal will provide consultation, legal advice, and representation as requested by
CSS on legal matters arising from the duties of CSS under Article 9 of Chapter
110 of the North Carolina General Statutes, Title IV-D of the Social Security Act,
and the federal regulations lawfully promulgated pursuant thereto .
2. Legal will appear in court and represent CSS as needed. If Legal has a conflict
of interest under the Rules of Professional Conduct governing attorneys Legal
shall notify CSS within ten (10) days of discovering the existence of the conflict.
3. Legal will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and more
specifically with the requirements of Article 9 of Chapter 110 of the North
Carolina General Statutes, Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, and the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto relating to the performance of the legal
services including, but not limited to, maintaining such records as are required by
CSS, to assist with reports for federal or state audit, if required, and to assist with
progress reports as may be needed.
4. Legal will maintain accurate records of time spent on work provided un der this
Agreement and shall provide such records to CSS monthly.
5. For the services under this Agreement, CSS agrees to pay Legal Sixty Four
dollars and forty-one cents ($64.41) per hour for each hour spent providing legal
services to CSS. The payments shall encompass all expenses, including but not
limited to, those for salary, benefits, office space, heating and maintenance for
office space, telephone service, long-distance telephone calls, technology,
copying, and any other itemized costs directly attributable to the legal services
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provided herein.
6. CSS is responsible for all court costs and filing fees that are required to be paid
in conjunction with the legal services provided by Legal under this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed
by their respective Directors.
ORANGE COUNTY CHILD COUNTY ATTORNEY
SUPPORT SERVICES
________________________________ __________________________________
Erica Bryant, Director John Roberts, County Attorney
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ORANGE COUNTY---DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
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Department
Party/Vendor Name: Orange County Attorney Party/Vendor Contact Person: John Roberts Contact Phone: (919)
245-2318 Party/Vendor Address: PO Box 8181 City Hillsborough State: NC Zip: 27278 Department: Child Support
Services Amount: . Purpose: Legal Services Budget Code(s): . Vendor #:N/A (N/A if new vendor) Vendor
is a BOCC consultant? Yes No Contract Type: (Check one) New Renewal Amendment
Effective Date Approved by Board Yes No Agenda Date:
This agreement is approved as to technical form and content and I as Department Director affirmatively state work
on this project has not been initiated prior to execution of the agreement:
Department Director’s Signature ________________________________________ Date: ________
Agreements for emergency services or repair are not subject to the above affirmation. If services related to this
agreement have already begun or been completed please briefly describe the nature of the emergency condition that
was addressed: Critical IV-D Legal Services since 8/1/2021
Information Technologies
(Applicable only to hardware/software purchases or related services) This agreement has been reviewed and is
approved as to information technology content and specifications:
Office of the Chief Information Officer___________________________________ Date: ________
Risk Management
This agreement is approved for sufficiency of insurance standards, specifications, and requirements:
Office of the Risk Management Officer___________________________________ Date: _________
Financial Services
This instrument has been pre-audited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control
Act:
Office of the Chief Financial Officer ____________________________________ Date: _________
Legal Services
This agreement is approved as to legal form and sufficiency:
Office of the County Attorney __________________________________________Date: ________
Clerk to the Board
Received for record retention:
All Docusign contracts must be copied to the Clerk upon completion: occlerkdocs@orangecountync.gov
The following signature block is for hard copies only and is not required for Docusign contracts:
Office of the Clerk to the Board __________________________________________Date:_________
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