Appellate Court Opinions

Obtaining Property by False Pretenses; Contract; Motion to Dismiss; Intent to Deceive; Jury Instruction; Fatal Variance; Sentencing

Authentication; Video evidence; Photo evidence; Lay witness opinion testimony; Illustrative evidence.

Expert testimony; cross-examination; lay testimony.

N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-202; definition of secret or surreptitiously; victim unconsciously recorded; substantial evidence; motion to dismiss

N.C. Gen. Stat. 41-11; sale of property ordered where expenses outweigh value; payout of life estate value; payout of remainderman interest; interlocutory; substantial right

Improper stipulation; competent evidence; civil contempt; attorneys' fees.

interlocutory order; substantial right; motion to present additional evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 150B-49; constitutional right to due process

standing to intervene; best interest analysis; violation of custody order.

Forum selection clause; Federal arbitration act

prior adjudication of neglect; future likelihood of neglect; parental incarceration

termination of parental rights; TPR; neglect; dependency; unchallenged findings of fact; likelihood of future neglect; children’s best interests.

Termination of parental rights; Willful failure to correct removal conditions; Best interest determination;  Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1110(a).

vacate adjudication order, insufficient support of evidentiary findings, judicial notice

motion to continue; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-803 (2023); parent’s absence from hearing

Rule 3.1; PWC; ICWA; neglect; abuse; sufficiency of evidence.

Adjudication of Neglect;
Rule 404(b) evidence;
Rule 403 Prejudice;
Character Evidence;
Motive;

termination of parental rights; findings of fact; conclusions of law; adjudication; evidence

Termination of Parental Rights; Neglect; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(1); Repetition of Neglect, Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Rule 60(b), certainty of title, abuse of discretion, Real Property,

Motion for leave to amend; subject-matter jurisdiction; summary judgment; N.C. R. Civ. P. 56 time limits.