N.C. R. Prac. Super. & Dist. Ct. 19.5
The Civil Court Coordinator shall schedule a status conference, which will occur within 120 days of the date the pleading was filed. The Rules of North Carolina Supreme Court implementing settlement procedures in equitable distribution and other family financial cases shall be followed. The purpose of the status conference is to ensure that the case is proceeding toward resolution in a timely and orderly fashion. At the status conference the Civil Court Coordinator or presiding judge will confirm that each party has completed and filed his or her Equitable Distribution Inventory Affidavit. If not already designated at a status conference, then an Order of Reference will be entered designating the method of ADR to be employed, the Neutral who will conduct the ADR and the deadline for the completion of the ADR process (within 90 days of the status conference). The Order will also set the date for an interim pretrial conference approximately ninety (90) days following the status conference, final pretrial conference approximately one hundred and twenty (120) days following the status conference, and a trial date approximately 150 days following the status conference, or 270 days from the date of the initial filing.
N.C. R. Prac. Sup. & Dist. Ct. Civ. P. 19.5