Hidden Danger; Contributory Negligence; Negligence; Competent Evidence

Juvenile disposition order; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2502(c); interdisciplinary evaluation

Child custody, UCCJEA, jurisdiction to modify foreign custody determination, temporary emergency jurisdiction

issues include whether court miscalculated defendant's income for computing child support and applied the wrong set of child support guidelines; and whether the court erred by entering an alimony award not based upon the income of the parties as of the date of the entry of the order

appeal from final agency decision in the OAH dismissing petitioner's Whistleblower claim

decedent-employee's workers' compensation benefits; marital status

motion to suppress, motion to dismiss, reasonable suspicion, offer of proof, police dog reliability

seizure under Fourth Amendment; defendant was seized under Fourth Amendment by officer's display of authority; traffic stop was not a voluntary encounter

Single taking rule; prior record level calculation; prior conviction for possession of marijuana drug paraphernalia; all elements of present offense in prior offense; arrest judgment and new sentencing hearing

Drug possession; sufficiency of evidence that seized item was controlled substance; authentication of controlled substance; possible contamination of substance; plain error; jury instructions on further deliberations; Allen charge