DSS, department of social services, juvenile, delinquent, adjudication, disposition, risk assessment, mental health, needs assessment, mental health services director, developmental disability, referral, PTSD, statutory mandate

NCGS 7B-911; Subject-matter jurisdiction

Rule 12(b)(6), motion to dismiss, mental disorder, involuntary commitment, ordinary negligence, gross negligence, qualified immunity, professional judgment, release, kill

Equitable distribution; insufficient findings of fact to support unequal distribution; trial court must find that equal distribution is not equitable before ordering unequal distribution

defendant's actions were not a proximate cause of injuries; no error in granting summary judgment when there was no material issue of fact as to proximate cause

appeal of order denying summary judgment on election of remedies defense dismissed as interlocutory; interlocutory order denying summary judgment on collateral estoppel defense affected a substantial right and was immediately appealable; collateral estoppel did not bar plaintiffs? claims where defendants failed to show that the issue was actually and necessarily decided in the preceding action.

Motion to suppress; unreasonable search and seizure; probable cause; four corners of search warrant affidavit; nexus between location and illegal activity at the time warrant was executed

Second-degree murder; blood evidence of BAC; remand; Fourth Amendment search and seizure; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

satellite-based monitoring; relief under Grady III; subject-matter jurisdiction

Felony obtaining property by false pretenses; special conditions of probation, NCGS 15A-1343(b1); conditions related to offense; child visitation; abuse of discretion.