Adoptions NCGS Chapter 48; parental rights; biological father; Due Process; duty to support

Will Caveat; Declaratory Judgment; Mootness

Stipulations for settlement and withdrawal of consent.

declaratory judgment; will interpretation; former spouse; decedent's siblings; North Carolina General Statutes Sections 31-5.4, 31-42(b); testator's intent; unfulfilled condition precedent; residuary devise; intestacy; reversed

bail bonds; quasi-estoppel; unjust enrichment; criminal defendant was estopped from recovering return of bond premium where defendant received the benefit of a re-written bond without notifying surety within a reasonable amount of time that defendant wanted return of bond premium rather than benefit of re-written bond, for which no premium was charged

N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.17(f); statutory sentence enhancements; habitual felon; reportable convictions; sex-offender registry; unauthorized term of imprisonment

Probation revocation; NCGS 15A-1344(a).

Harbison error, implied concession of guilt, admission of facts not whole charges, jury instruction, lesser-included offenses, sufficiency of evidence, kidnapping, evidence of confinement distinct from concurrent assault

Pro se defendant-appellant; violation of a local ordinance, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-4; trial court's improper application of statutory sentencing requirements; motion to dismiss for selective prosecution; motion to suppress evidence.

Motion to suppress, 4th amendment search; identity of driver; probable cause; reasonable suspicion; search incident to arrest; jury instructions.

Probation; revocation; misdemeanor breaking or entering; competent evidence; and abuse of discretion.

medical malpractice; object left in body during surgery; summary judgment was proper on claims for actual and constructive fraud because there was no evidence of deceptive intent or fiduciary relationship between physician and patient; res ipsa loquitor did not apply because elements of both standard of care and breach required expert testimony; summary judgment on medical malpractice claim was proper because four-year rather than ten-year statute of limitations applied because evidence was uncontroverted that object left in body was intended to be left in body permanently for purpose of medical treatment; punitive damages claim failed where all other claims did not withstand summary judgment

Service of process; notice; due diligence; real property; good faith purchaser; tax lien; tax collector; right of redemption; redemption; disability; email; petition for writ of certiorari; default judgment; confirmation of sale; upset bids; foreclosure; commissioner's deed; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-361; restitution

Summary judgment; motion to consolidate; expert opinion of valuation; NCGS 47C-117(b); NCGS 47C-1-107; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 42(a); NCGS 136-108.

Personal jurisdiction; specific jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment

Industrial Commission; Workers' Compensation Act; legal standard for determining compensability of injury; attendant care benefits; Workers' Compensation Rule 614; discovery sanctions.

Sua sponte; Rule 60(b)(1); Parenting Coordinator; Writ of Certiorari; de novo; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-99, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-92.

first-degree murder; voluntary intoxication; admission of real evidence

Right to remain silent; defense of duress; constitutional error; remand from Supreme Court; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; no comment by State during closing.