Appeal from order dismissing petition to terminate parental rights; admissibility of the guardian ad litem's opinion regarding best interests of the child; right to cross-examine a witness at disposition stage; reversible error in dispositional findings of fact.

Whether defendant's due process rights were violated when the trial court determined that she was voluntarily absent from the proceedings without first conducting a competency hearing.

Interpretation of insurance policy; summary judgment; residents of the same household.

Whether the admission of improper vouching testimony by a DSS investigator was plain error in a child sexual assault prosecution.

Whether the trial court erred in concluding that grounds existed to terminate the parental rights of a severely mentally ill mother.

Defendant, convicted of first-degree murder, argues in a postconviction proceeding that the State failed to disclose exculpatory evidence.

Whether the trial court committed reversible error by restricting defendant's questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire.

Termination of parental rights for grounds stated in N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (2); sufficiency of performance of respondent's guardian ad litem appointed under N.C.G.S. 1A-1, Rule 17 and N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(d).

Whether the trial court erred in certifying a feepayer class and a refund class pursuant to a motion filed by plaintiffs to certify classes and subclasses under Rule 23 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

Whether, under North Carolina law, a commercial property owner who contracts for the construction of a building with a general contractor may seek to recover through a tort action against a subcontracted manufacturer of building materials for economic loss when the commercial property owner and subcontractor were not in contractual privity.