motion to compel arbitration, summary judgment, breach of contract, choice of law, forum selection clause, contract interpretation, de novo, affirmed.

Child custody;
Adjudicate evidence;
Required findings;
Best interest of child;
Parent relocating to foreign jurisdiction;
Ramirez-Barker factors;

equitable distribution, divisible property, required findings

child support order; "closed" docket entries; error in treating temporary child support order as a permanent child support order; deviation from presumptive start date of the child support obligation; deviation from Child Support Guidelines; no abuse of discretion by imputing business expenses based on most recent verified financial information.

Dental malpractice;
Summary Judgment for Defendants;
Rule 9(j) Expert Testimony;
Prima Facia claims;
Lack of Proximate Cause;
Corporate Negligence;
Respondent Superior;
Negligent Supervision;

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, motion to continue, civil contempt, custody modification

distinguishing presentment and indictment, fatal variance, misdemeanor death by vehicle

automobile exception, warrantless search, good faith exception

motion to dismiss; possession of a firearm by a felon; State presented sufficient evidence to support each element of possession of a firearm by a felon; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-415.1 is facially constitutional.

North Carolina Rule of Evidence 609(b), Required Findings of Fact, N.C. Const. Art. I, Section 24

Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss; Restrictive covenants; Vertical and Horizontal Privity; light most favorable to nonmoving party

receivership; venue; standing

Inverse condemnation; municipal control; competent evidence.

equitable distribution; marital property; expert credibility determination; company accounts; company valuation; property valuation.

temporary regulatory taking, inverse condemnation, stormwater permit, motion to dismiss, summary judgment, res judicata, issue preclusion, contested case hearing, declaratory judgment, due process violation.

IMPEACHMENT, RULE 608(A), CHARACTER FOR TRUTHFULNESS, OPEN THE DOOR, REHABILITATIVE EVIDENCE, PREJUDICE, CREDIBILITY, ABUSE OF DISCRETION, NEW TRIAL

Motion for appropriate relief, MAR, procedural bar, N.C.G.S. § 15A-1419, retroactive change in law, forfeiture of counsel, State v. Simpkins, 373 N.C. 530 (2020).

Prejudicial Error; Prejudice; Closing argument; Opening argument; Rule 10; Expert Testimony; Confrontation Clause; Double Jeopardy; Death by Distribution; Sale and/or Delivery of a Controlled Substance; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel