award for attorney's fees; reasonableness; findings of fact; compliance with appellate court mandate on remand

Rule 3.1(e), no-merit brief, neglected juvenile.

termination of parental rights, willful abandonment

Department of Social Services, abuse and neglect, adjudicatory grounds, felony history

Abuse; neglect; cessation of reunification efforts at initial disposition under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-901(c)(1); sufficiency of findings of conduct that increased enormity or added to injurious consequences of abuse or neglect

motion to dismiss, interlocutory appeal, right to jury trial, Rule 39(a), Rule 39(b)

service of process

Murder; rape; arson; burglary; exclusion of evidence of third-party guilt; constitutional right to present defense; acting in concert theory; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt