termination of parental rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(2); reasonable progress; case plan

child custody; constitutionally protected parental rights; waiver; findings of fact; reliance on temporary order

Remand, Non-judicial foreclosure, Default, Power of sale foreclosure, Prior Dismissal

Motion for Summary Judgment; arbitration; amending arbitration award.

no new trial where transcript for one day of the proceedings is missing; incest conviction vacated because a niece by affinity is not a niece for purposes of incest as criminalized by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-178; trial court did not err by denying motion to suppress; remanded for correction of clerical error where judgment included previously dismissed conviction.

probation revocation hearing; N.C.G.S. 15A-1344(f); finding of good cause; reasonable efforts to hold revocation hearing prior to the expiration of probationary term.

Restitution; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.36(a)

trial court erred by closing courtroom without making sufficient findings of fact and by denying motion to dismiss violation of local ordinance where the charging documents did not include the caption and the ordinance was not proven at trial

Limited partnership agreement; general partnership; judicial dissolution and wind up; classification, allocation, and distribution of partnership assets; North Carolina Uniform Partnership Act; unchallenged findings of fact; unsupported conclusions of law.

Motion to dismiss, Perfecting service, Service of process, Statutes of limitations, Rule 4