Appeal from trial court's denial of motion to dismiss charge of trafficking in cocaine based on insufficiency of the evidence; whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that defendant preserved the issue of whether there was insufficient evidence that defendant actually possessed cocaine and that the State failed to present substantial evidence of each element of the crime.

Equitable Distribution; Unequal Distribution; Evidence Supporting Findings of Fact

Worker's Compensation disability, remand

Illegal sweepstakes; Gambling; Injunction.

No contact order, Chapter 50C, Rule 41(b)

Parental Rights, Neglect

Termination of parental rights for willful abandonment, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(7); no finding of willfulness requires vacation

Reunification
Reunification efforts
Permanent plan

termination of parental rights; findings of neglect supported by the evidence; findings support the conclusion; termination in best interests of the child; no-merit brief

Concealed handgun permit; application as affidavit; procedural due process; notice and opportunity to be heard; lack of transcript or narrative; NC Rule of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9(c); statutory definition of addiction; 21 USC 802.

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

Guardianship; Juvenile; Non-relative Placement.

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.

motion to dismiss, modification of custody, substantial change of circumstances

Consent Order; Equitable Distribution Consent Judgment; Contempt.

Possession With Intent To Distribute, Evidence, Jury Instruction