child sexual abuse; trial court did not err in allowing witness testimony about what victim disclosed; no error or abuse of discretion in admission of evidence of the defendant's masturbation; fact of the defendant's probation was admitted as evidence of flight; defendant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel

Drug offenses; appeal from guilty plea; appellate jurisdiction; petition for writ of certiorari; sufficiency of factual basis; defendant's right to be heard before imposition of court-appointed attorneys' fees

motion for a mistrial; Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel; Eyewitness Identification Reform Act (?EIRA?)

robbery with a firearm; jury instructions; trial court did not err when it did not designate the victims named in the indictment as the alleged victims of the armed robbery

Possession of firearm by felon separate indictment requirement; findings of fact regarding material evidentiary conflict; readily accessible firearm; objective probable cause.

Drug offenses; challenges to admission of testimony; ineffective assistance of counsel claim; plain error

Firearm, motion to dismiss, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1, occupied, vehicle

child custody, contempt order, contempt

UCCJEA, motion to stay, domestic violence protective order, full faith and credit

trial court did not err by paraphrasing witness testimony in factual finding; record did not support allegation that trial judge showed hostility to party; correction of order by trial court amounted to a merely clerical correction because it added no new substantive requirements to order; ordering a mental health evaluation of a party was within the court's discretion as other relief in an action for a no-contact order; trial court did not err in failing to rule on motion to dismiss that was not served on all parties and movant did not raise at the appropriate time

real estate financing transactions; North Carolina General Statute Chapter 45, Article 7; future advances; validity v. priority; deed of trust secured by real property; maturity date; record notice; summary judgment; affirmed and modified in part; reversed and remanded in part

Juvenile abuse and neglect; permanency planning; guardianship; trial court's duties under Indian Child Welfare Act

Services needed; substantiated; neglected juveniles; clear and convincing evidence; conclusion of law; and finding of fact.

permanency planning; N.C.G.S. § 7B-906.2; reunification efforts; misapprehension of law

child custody; relocation; potential military deployment; N.C. Gen. Stat. 50-13.2(f); statutory construction

Enforcement of foreign judgments; UEFJA

Equitable distribution; parties? standard of living during the marriage; alimony.

alienation of affection and criminal conversation; no notice of trial; due process rights; Rule 2