Appellate Court Opinions

administrative law; due process; subpoena; virtual testimony

workers' compensation; findings of fact; compensable injury; causation; credibility of witnesses

alimony, attorney's fees, contempt, holding equitable distribution in trust.

Summary Judgment; Contracts; Americans with Disabilities Act; Discrimination; Failure to Accommodate; Retaliation; Rule 37; Attorneys’ Fees.

Motion to dismiss, N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), Failure to state a claim, sufficiency of complaint, Unfair and deceptive trade practice, fraud, fraudulent concealment, automobile dealership, reversed and remanded

termination of parental rights; best interests; abuse of discretion; reweigh; unchallenged findings; binding; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 7B-1110(a); adoption; bond; wishes of the juvenile

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1110(a); Dispositional factors; Best interest of the child; Consideration of statutory factors; Bond between child and parent; Likelihood of adoption; Lack of proposed adoptive placement.

Termination of parental rights

subject matter jurisdiction; nonsecure custody orders; permanency planning orders; eliminating reunification from permanency plan; reasonable efforts.

adjudication, neglect, substantial risk of impairment

Reinstatement of Law License;
Disciplinary Hearing Commission;
Completion of Sentence;
Payment of Restitution;
Restoration of Citizenship;
State Bar Council appellate jurisdiction;

Subject matter jurisdiction; Court counselor; Approve a petition for filing; Adjudication and disposition; Orders void ab initio; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1706(a); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1703(b).

Juvenile Adjudication Order; Secure Custody; Motion to Dismiss

guardianship, permanency planning order, visitation, preservation

Permanency planning, reunification, factual findings, DSS reasonable efforts, guardian ad litem, sexual abuse, burden of proof

Estate Planning; Deeds; Undue Influence; Capacity; Conversion; Reformation; JNOV; New trial; Affirmed.

Estate Planning; Deeds; Undue Influence; Capacity; Conversion; Reformation; JNOV; New trial; Affirmed.

inmate, assault, Tort Claims Act, negligence, notice, Industrial Commission, notice of appeal, cross-appeal

subject matter jurisdiction; temporary child custody order; natural parent's paramount status; non-parent custody

breach of contract, discovery sanctions, admissions