special use permit, zoning, halfway house, city council, denial, Standard 7, allows for the protection of property values, competent, material, substantial

discovery sanctions, Rule 37(b)(2), final judgment, mootness, choice of sanctions

child custody, contempt, attorney's fees, consent order, substantial change of circumstances, welfare

Motion to dismiss; statute of limitations; and continuing course of treatment doctrine

Rule 60(b)(6); Modifying Consent Order; Mutual Mistake

denial of visitation; challenged findings of fact; testimony at disposition

Involuntary Commitment; Sufficiency of Findings; Impartial Tribunal

Adoptions NCGS Chapter 48; parental rights; biological father; Due Process; duty to support

Will Caveat; Declaratory Judgment; Mootness

interlocutory appeal; substantial right; arbitration

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; discovery order; reconsideration order

Stipulations for settlement and withdrawal of consent.

declaratory judgment; will interpretation; former spouse; decedent's siblings; North Carolina General Statutes Sections 31-5.4, 31-42(b); testator's intent; unfulfilled condition precedent; residuary devise; intestacy; reversed

legal malpractice; motion to dismiss; statute of limitations; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-15(c).

bail bonds; quasi-estoppel; unjust enrichment; criminal defendant was estopped from recovering return of bond premium where defendant received the benefit of a re-written bond without notifying surety within a reasonable amount of time that defendant wanted return of bond premium rather than benefit of re-written bond, for which no premium was charged

Anders Appeal; Probation Revocation; Petition for Writ of Certiorari

prior criminal convictions, sentencing levels, stipulations, substantial similarity

N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.17(f); statutory sentence enhancements; habitual felon; reportable convictions; sex-offender registry; unauthorized term of imprisonment

Probation revocation; NCGS 15A-1344(a).

Harbison error, implied concession of guilt, admission of facts not whole charges, jury instruction, lesser-included offenses, sufficiency of evidence, kidnapping, evidence of confinement distinct from concurrent assault