equitable distribution order; unequal distribution of marital property; classification; valuation

Willfulness, Ability to Comply, Child Support, Contempt

Attorneys? fees in disciplinary actions by a licensing board; Statutory interpretation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 6-19.1

Motion to compel arbitration; Existence and scope of arbitration agreement; Construction of contract language.

Court of Appeals Panels Bound By Previous Decisions of the Court; Doctrine of Necessaries; Women's Property Clause

Equitable Distribution

Equitable Distribution; 529 Savings Plan as Marital Property; No Court-Created Exceptions to Marital Property Definition

equitable distribution

Subject-matter jurisdiction; challenge to superior court's subject-matter jurisdiction after entry of default judgment based on exclusivity provision of our Workers' Compensation Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-10.1; superior court's refusal to resolve subject-matter jurisdiction challenge based on defenses of equitable estoppel and laches

Challenged Findings, Breach of Contract, Damages

Motion to dismiss; Fraud; Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

Adequate Record for Appellate Review; Lack of Transcript or Narrative

non-exclusive easement; prescriptive easement; summary judgment

condemnation, parking taking

Child custody; temporary custody order becoming permanent by operation of time; sufficiency of findings supporting physical and legal custody awards; joint legal custody award with division of decision-making authority

Rule 60, Deficiency Judgment, Affirmative Defense, Excusable Neglect, Abuse of Discretion

COA17-570 Rule 60(b)(4) motion for relief was improper substitute for appeal; order not void. COA17-813 Entry of stay was interlocutory; no substantial right affected

Entry of stay was interlocutory; no substantial right affected