North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure; nonjurisdictional requirements; party?s noncompliance; substantial failure; gross violation

insufficient findings of fact; findings did not support conclusion that parental rights were subject to termination for either neglect or failure to legitimate

No Merit Brief; N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e); 7B-1111(a)(1); 7B-1111(a)(2)

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a); neglect and dependency

Permanency planning order; findings that parents are unfit or acted inconsistent with their constitutionally protected parental rights; legal guardianship; insufficient findings regarding the circumstances of juvenile?s injury and parents? culpability.

child custody, transfer of venue, reasonable efforts to reunite, dispositional order

Neglected and dependent; Failure to make reasonable progress; Best Interests; Termination of parental rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3), (6).

Juvenile petition; abuse neglect and dependency; subject matter jurisdiction; conflicting evidence; findings of fact; de novo review; petition for writ of certiorari.

Involuntary Commitment;
Dangerousness to self or others;
Burden of Proof;
Incorporating findings of fact;
Unsupported conclusions of law;

Rule 3.1 parental termination; willful abandonment

Termination of parental rights, Rule 60(a), clerical amendment, substantive amendment, clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, adjudicatory stage, standard of proof, amended order, original order.

Constitutional Parental rights;
Care, custody, companionship,and control;
Adjudication and disposition;
Ceasing DSS reunification efforts;
Ceasing visitation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1;
Required findings of fact;

ceasing reunification efforts; eliminating reunification as a permanent plan; guardianship; unexplained skull fracture; best interests determination

Contract; Interlocutory appeal; Interlocutory order; Wage and Hour Act; Unjust enrichment; Jurisdiction; Substantial right; Inconsistent verdicts; Two trials; Alternative pleading; Corporation; Individual; Employee; Person; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25.

consent order; specific performance; contract interpretation; time is of the essence; Rule 60 Motion; Rule 11 Sanctions; real property.

Just cause; Wetherington factors; N.C. Gen. Stat. 126-35(a); burden of proof; N.C. Gen. Stat. 126-34.04(d); N.C. Dep't of Env't & Natural Res. v. Carroll, 358 N.C. 649, 599 S.E.2d 888 (2004); mitigating factors; Wetherington I, 368 N.C. 583, 780 S.E.2d 543 (2015); Wetherington II, 270 N.C. App. 161, 840 S.E.2d 812 (2020)

Summary judgment, Judicial foreclosure, Allonge, Note, Holder

failure to cause a summons to be timely issued

Rule 12(b)(6);
Res Jurdicata;
Preclusive effect;
Class action;

Collateral estoppel; Whistleblower Action