Appellate Court Opinions

Child support, N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.4; trial court's findings of fact did not support finding of minor child's reasonable needs or award of permanent child support.

summary judgment; statute of limitations; renewal of amended judgment; N.C. R. Civ. P. 52(b); N.C. R. Civ. P. 59(e); statutory tolling provisions

order for appointment of parenting coordinator; interlocutory; sanctions

Equitable distribution; divisible property; reopening of evidence sua sponte; insufficient findings of fact; no abuse of discretion.

NC Gen Stat 131E-175
Certificate of need
Exhaustion of remedies
Administrative procedure act
Declaratory judgment
As applied challenge
Failure to exhaust remedies
Substantive due process
Procedural due process

Motion to intervene, N.C. Rule of Civil Procedure 24, trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying motion to intervene as untimely.

satellite-based monitoring; aggravated offense

MAR; ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison violation

motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; specific intent; kidnapping; jury instructions; no plain error; assault on a female; N.C. R. App. P. 2

In rem jurisdiction; Civil forfeiture; Criminal forfeiture.

Sufficiency of indictment, failure to notify the last registering sheriff of a change of address, jury instructions, plain error, motion to dismiss, right to allocution, attorney fees, entry of order.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's partial denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment as to the claims against him in his individual capacity, finding genuine issues of material fact exist concerning whether defendant acted with malice when arresting plaintiff, thereby overcoming the presumption of public official immunity that would otherwise bar such claims against defendant.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in interpreting provisions of N.C.G.S. 22B-20 and affirming the trial court's grant of summary judgment on that basis.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order affirming the Treasurer's declaratory ruling, which concluded that N.C.G.S. 116B-78(d) prohibits property finders from depositing checks into trust accounts for their clients.

Standing to file a private termination of parental rights petition; abandonment as a ground to support termination; disposition.

Termination of parental rights; jurisdiction; denial of motion to continue; adjudication of neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); and ineffective assistance of counsel.

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)

Termination of parental rights; collateral attack of an initial custody determination prohibited on appeal of an order terminating parental rights; motion to terminate parental rights must provide sufficient notice of the alleged grounds; insufficient evidence and findings of fact to support termination of respondent-father's parental rights.

Termination of parental rights; whether termination order was properly entered pursuant to Rules 52 and 63 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.