Exemption of IRAs and Trial court's authority to allow review of withdrawals from exempt IRAs

Validity of non-stepparent adoptions when the minor's biological parent also seeks to retain parental rights

Adjudication of neglect; whether trial court was required to make a specific finding that the minor child was at substantial risk

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by not holding a hearing to determine whether a guardian ad litem should have been appointed for the minor child's mother

Whether in submitting joined mutually exclusive crimes to the jury for determination, the trial court committed plain error in not instructing the jury that it could find defendant guilty of either crime, but not both crimes

Whether a settlement agreed to by all parties in open court to sell land for a specified price in exchange for a deed to the property complied with N.C.G.S. § 22-2, the Statute of Frauds

Whether trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to terminate nonresident father's parental rights when he was not served with summons and petitions initiating an earlier proceeding that adjudicated the children as dependent

Police officer lay opinion as to powder cocaine

Motion to dismiss under N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) for lack of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants