Adoption proceeding; whether N.C.G.S. ? 48-3-601, as applied here to bar a putative father from being able to withhold his consent for the adoption, violates the father's constitutional due process rights

Plain error review of convictions for multiple sexual offenses with a child; whether the trial court erred in using the term victim to instruct the jury, in conformity with the Pattern Jury Instructions

Whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant in the aggravated range because the evidence supporting the aggravating factor was the same evidence necessary to support an element of the underlying offense

Whether the trial court abused its discretion in revoking defendant's probation and reactivating his sentences based solely on hearsay testimony from defendant's probation officer

Action under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause precludes the use of certain Rule 60(b) grounds to defeat enforcement of a foreign judgment in this state

Borrowers' suit against lender that refinanced their home mortgage loan; summary judgment in favor of lender; whether a question of fact arose regarding the possible existence of a fiduciary relationship between borrowers and lender sufficient to support claims based on negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty

Whether the Court of Appeals properly granted defendant's petition for habeas corpus because he was charged under a defective indictment for felonious failure to appear on a felony charge

Whether a co-guarantor on a business loan waived any rights under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act when she executed a waiver of all claims in exchange for the lender's agreement to forbear from collecting the past-due debt

Appeal from order granting rate increase to electric power company

Challenge to 2011 N.C. Congressional, Senate, & House redistricting plans; appeal from three judge panel's grant of summary judgment for defendants on all claims