juvenile delinquency; sufficiency of verdict; possession of a firearm with an altered serial number; interdisciplinary evaluation

Dependency; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 7B-101(9)

trial court's findings of fact were supported by clear and convincing evidence; trial court's findings of fact supported adjudication of neglect; relevancy of evidence of prior abuse of another juvenile; no-merit brief pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e).

permanency planning order; Rule 17 Guardian ad litem

motion to compel, arbitration, logistics, agreement, contract, solicitation, international, business, employee, signatory, nonsignatory, equitable estoppel, motion to dismiss

Workers' compensation; challenged findings of fact; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(6); compensable injury

Fatal variance, preservation, material element, surplusage

Revocation hearing; waiver of revocation hearing; jurisdiction; superior court; district court; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 15A-1347; petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. R. App. P.4.

Jury instructions, statutory mitigating factors, defendant's right to a jury trial

Declaratory Judgment Act, actual and justiciable controversy, public utility regulation, landlord/tenant exemption to regulation