Probation revocation; Subject-matter jurisdiction; NCGS 15A-1344

Plea colloquy; probationary status; and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1022.1(e).

parentage; paternity; assisted reproduction; child support obligation of sperm donor; choice of law; full faith and credit clause; trial court erred in concluding that full faith and credit dictated that North Carolina law applied to claim for child support; North Carolina choice of law rules require that North Carolina court apply Virginia's law of parentage to determine whether sperm donor owes child support to the donee where the insemination and conception occurred in Virginia

standing of relative to seek child custody; trial court erred in granting motion to dismiss for lack of standing under Rule 12(b)(6) where allegations in complaint and evidence submitted in support thereof showed that parents were unfit and had acted inconsistently with their constitutionally protected status as parents

grant of motion to dismiss was not error where defendant did not sign contract in an individual capacity; trial court's failure to rule on motion to amend or alter judgment was not preserved for appellate review

Governmental immunity, process, service of process, discontinuance, unnamed parties, motion to dismiss

Domestic violence protective order, personal relationship, judicial admission, illustrative evidence, prejudice.

child support; insufficient findings of fact; computation of gross income; credit for biological child

healthcare, managed care organization, local management entity, Medicaid, health care provider, contract, administrative law, summary judgment, services, utilization review

trial court properly granted all defendants' motions to exclude plaintiffs' sole standard-of-care expert witness and motions to dismiss pursuant to Rule 9(j) and for summary judgment

motion for summary judgment, premises liability

Juvenile delinquency; adjudication and disposition; NCGS 2405(4) privilege against self-incrimination; required findings of fact.

Disposition order; guardianship; abuse of discretion; nonrelative placement; kinship placement; nonsecure custody

neglect adjudication of newborn; sufficiency of the evidence to support findings of fact; sufficiency of findings to support conclusions of law

? juvenile adjudicated delinquent
? trial court failed to address mandated inquiries before accepting juvenile's admission pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2407(a) (2019)
? reversed and remanded

unchallenged findings of fact supported conclusions of law; no abuse of discretion when ceasing reunification efforts with Respondent-Father

temporary suspension of supervised visitation; COVID-19; costs of visitation

Declaratory judgment by insurer; personal injury lawsuits; duty to defend; US Driver's Privacy Projection Act; construing insurance policies; defined terms; plain meaning.