Appellate Court Opinions

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15,488 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-359 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Published
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.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-231 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
State v. Lancaster

Defective indictment, armed to the terror of the public, public highway, lack of jurisdiction

, Court of Appeals , COA21-580 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Rouse

habitual impaired driving; suppression; eyewitness testimony; due process, eyewitness identification reform act; sufficiency; jury instruction on flight

, Court of Appeals , COA21-421 (Judge April Wood) , Published
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.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-419 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
Wall v. AutoMoney, Inc.

Usury Law; NCCFA; UDTPA; Choice-of-Law, Choice-of-Venue, Personal Jurisdiction; Motion to Dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA21-591 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
Webb v. Jarvis

Child custody; third party standing; constitutional right to parent; inconsistent parental acts; delegation of parental authority; criminal convictions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-563 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
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 , 341A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re A.M.C.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by denying respondent's motion to continue.

, Supreme Court , 137A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
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).

, Supreme Court , 176A21 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 269A21 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 288A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 303A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 110A19-2 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 260A21 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
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).

, Supreme Court , 195A21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
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.

, Supreme Court , 348A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
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).

, Supreme Court , 305A21 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
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.