Covenants; contract interpretation; Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss.

modification of child custody, substantial change of circumstance

Interlocutory order; risk of inconsistent verdicts.

ruling that forum selection clause was enforceable was immediately appealable; trial court correctly denied motion to dismiss based on forum selection clause where there was a prior ruling that the forum selection clause was unenforceable and prior ruling was not appealed

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act; UCCJEA; verification; enforcement; foreign order; expedited enforcement; warrant; attorney fees; and notice

Interlocutory appeal; NCGS 1-277; substantial right; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 26, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 45; statutory construction; attorney-client privilege; work product; privilege log; content of subpoena.

third-party custody; grandparent standing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.1(a); conduct inconsistent with parental status; best interests of the child

first-degree murder; conspiracy to commit murder; first-degree kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; voluntary intoxication; murder by torture

Constitutionality of traffic stop; motion to suppress; guilty plea not pursuant to plea arrangement with the State.

Driving while intoxicated; judicial notice; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motor vehicle; felonious serious injury by a motor vehicle; blood draw; motion to suppress; chain of custody; competent evidence