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RH CPAs, PLLC v. Sharpe Patel, PLLC
Confession of judgment; breach of settlement agreement; fraud; misrepresentation
Schooldev East, LLC v. Town of Wake Forest
Superior court's order entered upon review of a quasi-judicial decision; mootness doctrine; competent, material, and substantial evidence; site plan and subdivision permits for charter school; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-307.1; ordinance requiring pedestrian connectivity to schools; street improvements; sidewalk improvements.
State v. Lancaster
Defective indictment, armed to the terror of the public, public highway, lack of jurisdiction
State v. Rouse
habitual impaired driving; suppression; eyewitness testimony; due process, eyewitness identification reform act; sufficiency; jury instruction on flight
Troublefield v. AutoMoney, Inc.
Rule 12(b)(3) motion; Venue; Forum Selection Provision; Personal Jurisdiction; Minimum Contacts; Rule 12(b)(2) motion; Rule 12(b)(6) motion; Choice of Law Provision; N.C. Gen Stat. § 53-190; Predatory Lending; Fundamental Public Policy.
Wall v. AutoMoney, Inc.
Usury Law; NCCFA; UDTPA; Choice-of-Law, Choice-of-Venue, Personal Jurisdiction; Motion to Dismiss
Webb v. Jarvis
Child custody; third party standing; constitutional right to parent; inconsistent parental acts; delegation of parental authority; criminal convictions
Woody v. AccuQuest Hearing Ctr., LLC
motion to dismiss; common-law claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy; preemption; statute of limitations
Supreme Court Opinions Filed July 15, 2022
In re A.M.C.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by denying respondent's motion to continue.
In re B.E.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by denying respondent-father's motion to continue; whether the trial court properly concluded respondents' parental rights were subject to termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).
In re C.H.
Whether the trial court erred in ceasing reunification efforts; whether the trial court made the required findings under N.C.G.S. 7B-906.2(d) to eliminate reunification from the permanent plan.
In re J.A.J.
Appeal from orders terminating respondent-mother's and respondent-father's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3), (6), and (7); whether the trial court erred by not appointing respondent-mother a guardian ad litem; whether the trial court's findings of fact support its adjudication of grounds to terminate respondent-father's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7); whether the trial court abused its discretion by determining it was in K.D.M.J.'s best interests to terminate respondents' parental rights.
In re J.C.J.
Appeal from an order terminating respondents' parental rights; whether the evidence supports the trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law that grounds existed to terminate respondents' parental rights for failure to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of the care provided to the juveniles pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3); whether the trial court abused its discretion in terminating respondents' parental rights.
In re J.D.O.
Termination of parental rights; lack of jurisdictional findings under N.C.G.S. 7B-1101; judicial notice of documents in the case file; adjudication of neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); sufficiency of adjudicatory findings; likelihood of future neglect; cumulative error.
In re K.N.
Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights; whether the trial court erred by entering findings of fact and conclusions of law as a substitute judge despite not hearing the evidence.
In re M.C.
Appeal from an order terminating respondent-father's parental rights; whether the evidence supports the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law that grounds existed to terminate respondent-father's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3).
In re M.R.
Appeal from an order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) and respondent-father's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3), (5), and (7) (2021); whether the trial court erred in determining that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect if the children were returned to respondent-mother's care; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining it was in the children's best interests that respondent-parents' parental rights be terminated.
In re N.W.
Dismissal of petition to terminate parental rights for failure to prove that the parent's parental rights were subject to termination based upon abandonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7).
In re R.L.R.
Termination of parental rights for neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the record evidence and the trial court's findings supported the trial court's conclusion that there was likelihood of future neglect; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining that termination would be in the juvenile's best interests.