subject matter jurisdiction under the UCCJEA; trial court erred in concluding that it had home state jurisdiction under the UCCJEA because child's absence from Texas was temporary

NCGS 7B-906.2; 3.1

Rule 3.1; neglected juveniles; appellate jurisdiction; elimination of reunification from permanent plan; findings of fact

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; demonstration of prejudice

Referee's Report, Order on Remand

Administrative claims; dismissal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; defamation claim; barred by sovereign immunity

Opportunity Scholarship Program; Lower-income families may receive scholarships from the State to attend private school; Constitutional challenge; As-applied challenge; Facial challenge; Subject matter jurisdiction; Breadth of the remedy requested, not what is pleaded in the complaint, is controlling in determining whether the challenge is facial or as-applied.

admission of evidence; interfering or intimidating a witness

no plain error where an officer testified to the contents of a search warrant and the search warrant/affidavit were entered into evidence; motion to dismiss properly denied where there was sufficient evidence that the green leafy substance seized was marijuana

expert testimony; non-testifying expert testimony is admissible as the basis of testifying expert's opinion; officer testifying about HGN may not specify to specific alcohol concentration