Rule 3.1(e), no-merit brief, neglected juvenile.

termination of parental rights, willful abandonment

Department of Social Services, abuse and neglect, adjudicatory grounds, felony history

Abuse; neglect; cessation of reunification efforts at initial disposition under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-901(c)(1); sufficiency of findings of conduct that increased enormity or added to injurious consequences of abuse or neglect

motion to dismiss, interlocutory appeal, right to jury trial, Rule 39(a), Rule 39(b)

service of process

child custody; UCCJEA jurisdiction; person acting as a parent; constitutionally protected status of a natural parent

Jury instructions, clear and positive evidence of completed larceny; lack of sufficient evidence of lesser included offense.

petition for writ of certiorari, structured sentencing act, mitigating factors, presumptive range