Appellate Court Opinions

Termination of parental rights; Rule 17 guardian ad litem; Evidentiary support for findings of fact; Willfully leaving in care for more than 12 months; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2); Progress in correcting the conditions which led to the removal.

permanency plan, elimination of reunification efforts, G.S. 7B-901(c)(2)

Deny motion to dismiss, deny all petitions as moot. VACATE AND REMAND

Rule 2; Rule 10; Preservation; sufficiency of evidence

Equitable distribution; Classification of property; Gift funds; Pre-trial stipulations; Stipulations.

homeowner’s association declarations and design guidelines; architectural review committee; arbitrary or unreasonable; summary judgment inappropriate; preliminary injunction and Rule 65(c) security requirement

N.C.R. App. P. 3, 26; certificate of service for a notice of appeal.

Hemp; Marijuana; Motion to dismiss; felony possession of marijuana; delta-9 THC

Confrontation Clause, pattern jury instructions, confidential informant

Rule 404(b); Rule 403; lay-witness testimony

ineffective assistance of counsel; in camera review; confidential records; Strickland prejudice; limited remand.

Confrontation Clause, pattern jury instructions, confidential informant

Confrontation Clause; basis evidence; testimonial hearsay; blood alcohol test; new trial

Castle Doctrine, ineffective assistance of counsel, Harbison error

False pretenses; clerical error; confinement served; credit; pleading guilty

traffic infractions; subject-matter jurisdiction; original, exclusive jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7A-271(d)

untimely appeal; PWC; probation revocation; extend; modify; good cause; vacated.

clerical error, Rule 403, improper closing argument, cumulative error

Grandparent; custody; motion to intervene

interlocutory; charging order; personal jurisdiction; judgment debtor; judgment creditor; foreign LLC; domestic LLC; affirmed.