Adjudication of abuse and neglect, NCGS 7B-101; no allegation of abuse (vacate); right to present a defense; quashed subpoena of testifying witness; residual exceptions to hearsay rule, Rules 803(24), 804(b)(5); excited utterance; findings of fact.

restrictive covenants extinguished by foreclosure; judgment on the pleadings; waiver of statutory notice of foreclosure; easement by estoppel not created by marketing materials

worker's compensation; final payment; last payment; Section 97-18(h); Section 97-25.1; notice; estoppel; bad faith; good faith; due process; vested right

Arbitration Agreements; Remand for Additional Findings of Fact.

Appellate jurisdiction; burden of appellant to produce record to establish jurisdiction; requirement of timely notice of appeal

ineffective assistance of counsel claim; appeal of denial of MTD heroin trafficking charge for insufficient evidence

Indictments.

Rape of a child; plain error; challenge to testimony as vouching for credibility of child victim; satellite-based monitoring order; no evidence of reasonableness of monitoring upon defendant's eventual release from prison