termination of parental rights; willful abandonment; sufficient evidence

adjudication of neglect and dependency; residual hearsay; insufficient evidence; ruling after reversal.

Adjudication of Neglect; findings of neglect not supported by the evidence; conclusion of neglect not supported by the findings; Juvenile Interference Order

N.C.G.S. 7B-906.1(n), waiver or review hearings, preservation, reunification

3.1 permanency planning custody, guardianship; NCGS §§ 7B-906.1, 906.2, 600

Conditional Use Permit; Vested Rights, Whole Record Test.

Rule of Evidence 702; expert opinion testimony; Daubert reliability inquiry; forensic firearm identification; no plain error;

Double Jeopardy; Issue Preservation; Manifest Necessity; Mistrial.

murder - motion to suppress; kidnapping - motion to dismiss; Rule 404(b) - error in admitting evidence

Dram shop liability; defendant's policies and procedures; directed verdict; special jury instructions; N.C. R. Civ. P. 51(a); summarize evidence; equal stress; effect of jury's verdict.

child support; arrearages; contempt; civil contempt; criminal contempt; Rule 60; purge; statute of limitations

Termination of a career State employee; Warren analysis.

attorney's fees, State employee grievance

Evidence required at permanency planning hearing

Child custody; Termination of Juvenile Court jurisdiction.

Summary ejectment; lease agreement; holdover provision; renewal by operation of common law; waiver; novation

Divorce, alimony and child support; consent judgment; separate property; release; distribution of proceeds; changed conditions; substantial change in circumstances; modification of consent order; attorneys fees; voluntary increased support payment.

citation; amendment; shoplifting; larceny

First Degree Murder, Murder by Starvation, Criminal Procedure, Fatal Variance