Estates; spousal elective share; property held as joint tenants with right of survivorship; superior court's review on appeal

termination of parental rights; failure to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of care; 'in-kind' contributions; N.C. R. Civ. P. 63; substitute judge

Juvenile; Guardianship; Visitation Rights; Visitation Plan; Finding of Fact; Conclusion of Law; De Novo; Permanent Plan; Best Interest; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1(a).

Child support, N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.4; trial court's findings of fact did not support finding of minor child's reasonable needs or award of permanent child support.

summary judgment; statute of limitations; renewal of amended judgment; N.C. R. Civ. P. 52(b); N.C. R. Civ. P. 59(e); statutory tolling provisions

summary judgment; PWC; public official immunity

order for appointment of parenting coordinator; interlocutory; sanctions

Equitable distribution; divisible property; reopening of evidence sua sponte; insufficient findings of fact; no abuse of discretion.

NC Gen Stat 131E-175
Certificate of need
Exhaustion of remedies
Administrative procedure act
Declaratory judgment
As applied challenge
Failure to exhaust remedies
Substantive due process
Procedural due process

Motion to intervene, N.C. Rule of Civil Procedure 24, trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying motion to intervene as untimely.

satellite-based monitoring; aggravated offense

MAR; ineffective assistance of counsel; Harbison violation

trial court abused its discretion in concluding the defendant had absconded, thereby violating his probation, in the absence of sufficient evidence that the alleged absconding was willful

trial court did not plainly err by not instructing jury on reasonable belief in consent as defense to charge of second-degree forcible sexual offense because this defense is not recognized under North Carolina law; cold record did not reveal that trial counsel was ineffective

Anders brief; Alford plea; sentencing

satellite-based monitoring; State v. Hilton; conflict between trial court's oral ruling and written order

motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; specific intent; kidnapping; jury instructions; no plain error; assault on a female; N.C. R. App. P. 2

Murder; robbery with a dangerous weapon; motion to suppress; preservation; waiver; sufficiency of search warrant affidavit; staleness of information in warrant affidavit; exclusion of self-defense evidence as discovery sanction; Hobson's choice dilemma

Expert witness; Expert witness testimony; North Carolina Rule of Evidence Rule 702; Daubert factors; North Carolina Rule of Evidence Rule 403; Probative value; First-degree Murder; qEEG assessments; qEEG

satellite-based monitoring; lifetime SBM;