De novo just cause determination for disciplinary action taken against career State employee; whole record test; necessary factors for agency consideration in determining appropriate disciplinary action against career State employee.

Absolute Privilege; Quasi-Judicial Proceeding; Defamation

Appeal of interlocutory order denying motions for summary judgment; right to immediate appeal of order denying summary judgment on defense of governmental immunity; governmental immunity concerning actions of sheriff, sheriff?s detention officers, and county in operating county detention facility; waiver of governmental immunity.

Governmental immunity; waiver of immunity by purchase of liability insurance; self-insured retention.

Family law; award of attorneys' fees; sufficiency of findings of fact and evidence of reasonableness of fees; award of fees in excess of value of marital estate

interlocutory, substantive right, paternity

alienation of affection; criminal conversation; negligent infliction of emotional distress; intentional infliction of emotional distress; interlocutory appeal; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 42(b)(4); NCGS 1-267.1; NCGS 1-81.1; NCGS 1-277(a); NCGS 52-13.

abuse, neglect, and dependency; trial court's factual findings failed to address substantial risk of future neglect based on historical facts of case

Rule 3.1(e), no-merit brief.

Juvenile interrogation, custodial interrogation, suppression hearing, and findings of fact

abuse, neglect, juvenile, petition, adjudication, disposition, hearing, drug testing, random drug screening, sexual offense, indecent liberties with children, parent, social services

Rule 59/60 Motion; child support

Interlocutory appeal; dissolution of stay; concurrent actions.

Supplemental Proceedings and Subject-Matter Jurisdictions

Supplemental Proceedings and Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

Due Process, Equal Protection, Fruits of labor, Public Employee

Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, neutral principles of law, subject matter jurisdiction, Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss

Summary judgment, legal malpractice, settlement agreement, notarized, agreement to agree, binding agreement, material terms, statute of limitations, latent discovery.

Child custody; modification; mootness; due process violation; right to present evidence