Appellate Court Opinions

Summary Judgment; Rule 56; Easement by Plat; Prescriptive Easement

Child custody;
Adjudicate evidence;
Required findings;
Best interest of child;
Parent relocating to foreign jurisdiction;
Ramirez-Barker factors;

equitable distribution, divisible property, required findings

child support order; "closed" docket entries; error in treating temporary child support order as a permanent child support order; deviation from presumptive start date of the child support obligation; deviation from Child Support Guidelines; no abuse of discretion by imputing business expenses based on most recent verified financial information.

Dental malpractice;
Summary Judgment for Defendants;
Rule 9(j) Expert Testimony;
Prima Facia claims;
Lack of Proximate Cause;
Corporate Negligence;
Respondent Superior;
Negligent Supervision;

Equitable mortgage; affidavit; summary judgment; N.C. Gen. Stat. §1A-1, Rule 56(c); N.C. Gen. Stat. §1A-1, Rule 56(e)

North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 3.1(e) no-merit brief; termination of parental rights; N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a); neglected and dependent.

medical malpractice claim; Rules 12(b)(2) & 12(b)(5); insufficient service of process; no service of actual summons and complaint; no personal jurisdiction.

Personal jurisdiction; Minimum contacts; Motion to dismiss; Purposeful availment

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, motion to continue, civil contempt, custody modification

Illegal Drugs;
Probable Cause;
Search Warrant;
Staleness;
Possession of a Firearm by a Felon;
Unpreserved Arguments;
Plain Error Review;

juror competency; impartiality; trial court inquiry; indecent liberties.

Castle doctrine; Defense of habitation; Jury instructions; Plain error; Video evidence

distinguishing presentment and indictment, fatal variance, misdemeanor death by vehicle

Pro se defendant; Competency hearing; Waiver of counsel

Petition for Certiorari; Motion to Dismiss; Motion to Withdraw; Alford plea; Sufficiency of Factual Basis; Handy factors; Voluntary Plea

Motion for Appropriate Relief; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Felony Child Abuse

automobile exception, warrantless search, good faith exception

right to counsel; request for continuance; absolute impasse.

motion to dismiss; possession of a firearm by a felon; State presented sufficient evidence to support each element of possession of a firearm by a felon; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-415.1 is facially constitutional.