Assault with a deadly weapon intent to kill and inflicting serious injury, NCGS 14-32(a); Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, NCGS 14-32(b); motion to dismiss; intent to kill; lesser included offense; possession of weapon of mass destruction; prior record level, NCGS 15A-1340.14(c)(4); date of offense, NCGS 15A-1340.14(c).

Construction Contracts; Contract Formation; Negligence and Duty; Exclusion of Relevant Evidence; Motion in Limine; Preservation of Error; Motion for Directed Verdict; Jury Instructions

Permanency Planning; Legal Guardianship; Legal Custody; Juvenile; Reunification; Concurrent Plan; Due Process Clause; Fourteenth Amendment: Parent's Constitutionally Protected Status; Guardian ad Litem; Department of Social Services; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1; Finding of Fact; Clear and Convincing Evidence; Conclusion of Law; De Novo; and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1001.

negligence, contributory negligence, JNOV, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, motion for directed verdict, damages

Termination of parental rights; Request to waive counsel; and N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(a1)

involuntary commitment order, mental illness, dangerous to self, dangerous to others, bodily harm, pandemic

3.1, neglect, disposition, reunification plan

Department of Social Services; Guardian ad Litem; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2; Visitation; Competent Evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1; Best Interest; Permanency Planning Hearing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1; Abuse of Discretion; and Out-of-State

Abuse; neglect; waiver of challenge; best interests of child; clear and cogent evidence.

domestic violence protective order; legitimate purpose; substantial emotional distress; continued harassment