modification of child custody; motion to quash; offer of proof; sealing records

Woodson Claim; Summary Judgment

Visitation
Abuse, neglect, dependency
Disposition testimony

Spousal allowance; Rule 60; Abandonment

Adjudication, Disposition, Neglect

Entry of default, Rule 55; good cause; default judgment; motion to set aside, Rule 60; required findings; excusable neglect

Attorney fees - N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.6; calculation of income

summary judgment; estate administration; attorney-in-fact; fiduciary duties

sufficiency of evidence for appellate review - motion to dismiss appeal; racial discrimination in use of peremptory challenges in jury selection - prima facie claim - Batson v Kentucky

Forfeiture of counsel; legal standard for egregious misconduct that obstructs or delays the proceeding

Whether the trial court's findings of fact support its conclusion that respondent's parental rights were subject to termination pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2) for willful failure to make reasonable progress to correct the conditions that led to the child's removal from her care.

Termination of parental rights; past neglect and a likelihood of future neglect; best interests of the child.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondents' parental rights was in the best interests of the juveniles.

Appeal from an order terminating respondents' parental rights; whether the evidence supported the trial court's findings of fact and whether the findings of fact supported its conclusion of law that respondent-father's parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); no-merit review of respondent-mother's appeal pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e).

Termination of parental rights; no irreconcilable conflict between the trial court's finding that respondent willfully failed to make reasonable progress under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2) and finding that she was unable to provide proper care and supervision under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(6); sufficiency of dispositional findings under N.C.G.S. 7B-1110(a); lack of adoptive placement is not a bar to terminating parental rights.

Termination of parental rights; insufficient showing of likelihood of repetition of neglect; dependency.

Termination of parental rights; denial of petition for failure to prove ground for termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a); sufficiency of findings of fact and conclusions of law under N.C.G.S. 7B-1109(e), -1110(c).

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2); whether the trial court's findings supported its determination that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect; whether the trial court erred by finding termination to be in the best interests of the children.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court received sufficient evidence and made adequate findings of fact to support an adjudication of neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).