North Carolina Courts Step Into the Digital Age

Electronic filing, or eFiling, has become an integral part of modernizing the legal system across the United States and more specifically throughout North Carolina.  The rollout of a statewide electronic court filing system called Odyssey Integrated Case Management System is officially underway.  This month Mecklenburg County started its journey as the newest county to join the Odyssey system, where all Court filings will now be electronic.

The change comes with many positives.  We will now be able to submit court documents online to the Clerk’s office in eCourts counties, pay filing fees online, receive filing status updates via email, and get file-stamped copies of court documents upon the Clerk’s acceptance.  We are hopeful that with the efiling system the Estate Administration process will be more streamlined, less cumbersome, and hopefully move a lot quicker than it has in the past.  The team members of Stewart Law should be able to spend less time at the Courthouse and more time providing a premium service to our clients.  Since this is a relatively new process, we expect some blips along the way, but are hopeful that this change will be a positive one.

 

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Hillary E. Mims
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