Appellate Court Opinions

Custody order; findings of fact.

termination of parental rights, continuance, adjudication, disposition, willful failure to make reasonable progress, adoptability, incarceration

3.1; termination of parental rights; no merit brief; neglect; N.C.G.S. 7b-1111.

Termination of parental rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2); Domestic violence; Last-minute attempts; Extremely limited progress.

termination of parental rights, motion to recuse, no-merit brief, neglect

Subject matter jurisdiction; UCCJEA; modification jurisdiction; exclusive, continuing jurisdiction

permanency planning; cease reunification efforts

Termination of Parental Rights;
Adjudicatory & Dispositional hearings;
Resignation & Substitution of Judges;
Mandated Factors & Findings;

neglect, Chapter 7B, Chapter 50, adjudication and disposition

reasonable efforts; housing; transportation; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B?903(a3); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1(e)(5); visitation; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1(a); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1(b)

certificate of service of final order; Arbitration award; 9 U.S.C. § 10; 9 U.S.C. § 12.

Rule 60(b)(4); motion for relief from judgment; judgment not void; no lack of subject matter jurisdiction; no lack of personal jurisdiction; Rule 59 motions; Rule 59 motions abandoned upon filing of notice of appeal.

Admission of DSS report; Rule 403 prejudice; hearsay; sufficiency of evidence; maintaining a dwelling; residency; resisting a public officer; nonverbal directives

insufficient record on appeal, out-of-state conviction

Absconding; N.C. Gen. Stat § 15A-1343; N.C. Gen. Stat § 15A-1344

N.C.G.S. § 90-95(e)(9); possession; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; knowledge; abuse of discretion; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1215(a); discharge of a juror for misconduct.

First degree Murder;
Premeditation and Deliberations;
Motion to Dismiss;
Self- defense instruction;
Lesser included offenses;

indictment, essential elements, jury instruction, surplusage

clerical error, remand, probation revocation

Attempted voluntary manslaughter, jury instructions