Appellate Court Opinions

Whether probable cause supported a warrant to search defendant's vehicle.

Whether the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress cell-site location information.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding step one of the Batson inquiry was moot.

Petition for Judicial Review; State Board of Elections; Fruits of Labor

Defamation; JNOV; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

child custody; N.C.G.S. § 50-13.2; sufficiency of evidence; findings of fact.

Power of Attorney, statute of limitations, conveyance of real property

Termination of parental rights; IAC.

neglect, past neglect, likelihood of future neglect, quasi findings of fact

Parent willfully left juvenile in placement outside the home for more than 12 months; termination of parental rights; parent failed to make reasonable progress in correcting conditions which led to juvenile's removal; substance abuse

Findings of fact, adjudication, neglected juvenile, dependent juvenile, reasonable efforts, N.C.G.S. § 7B-903(a3), TPR, termination of parental rights. 

permanency-planning order, juvenile, guardianship, abuse, neglect, dependency, Rule 58, future review hearings, affirm, clerical error, remand.

permanency planning; PWC; neglect; visitation; best interest.

permanency-planning order, subject-matter jurisdiction, visitation, abuse of discretion, abuse, neglect, dependency, substitute judge, disabled judge, affirmed. 

termination of parental rights, neglect, unchallenged findings of fact

termination of parental rights; TPR; dispositional phase; best interests of the child; findings of fact; competent evidence; abuse of discretion; written findings; permanent plan; adoption

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-901(c)(1)(f); Disposition order; Cease reunification efforts; Other acts; Ongoing collusion and deception.  

best interest of the child, TPR default judgment, statutory mandate, GAL adequate representation

interlocutory appeal; substantial right; First Amendment; defamation; actual malice; statement of grounds for appellate review

improper notice of right to appeal disciplinary action; career status employee; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1235