North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code § 7B-302.1. Conflicts of interest

(1) An employee of the county department of social services.

(2) A relative of an employee of the child welfare division of the county department of social services.

(3) A relative of an employee of the county department of social services outside of the child welfare division when, in the professional judgment of the director, the county department of social services has a conflict of interest.

(4) A foster parent supervised by the county department of social services.

(5) The county manager, an assistant county manager, a member of the Board of County Commissioners, or a member of the county's governing board for social services, as defined in G.S. 108A-1.

(6) A caretaker in a sole-source contract group home.

(7) A juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker who has been determined to be an incompetent adult and subject to guardianship under Chapter 35A of the General Statutes and is a ward, as defined in G.S. 35A-1101, of that county department of social services.

(8) A juvenile in the custody of the department who is also a parent or caretaker.

(9) A juvenile who is subject to a new report of abuse or neglect arising from events that occurred while in the custody of the department.

(10) A perceived conflict of interest that is identified through the professional judgment of the director of the county department of social services.

(1) The Division shall evaluate the conflict and determine whether the county with the conflict is able to manage the case by implementing measures to sufficiently obviate the conflict.

(2) If the Division determines the conflict cannot be managed in the county that receives the report, the Division shall appoint another county department that shall assume management of the case.  The county with the conflict of interest bears the financial responsibility of the case unless otherwise agreed upon by the counties involved in the conflict of interest.