equitable distribution claim, motion in the cause, Rule 41

equitable distribution claim, motion in the cause, Rule 41

Personal jurisdiction; Purposeful availment; Rule 12(b)(2)

Dedication, appurtenant easement, private easement, right of way, public road, plat, Marketable Title Act, abandonment, adverse use, gravel road.

Certificates of Need, Legacy Medical Care Facility, statutory construction, operate, acquire, reopen

3.1 juvenile case; jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1001(a)(5)(a); permanency planning order

Custody order; parental visitation rights; best interests of the child.

Negligence; duty of care; sexual assault; Title IX; Section 1983; substantive due process; equal protection; independent contractor; tort law; failure to train and supervise; precedent; education; special-needs; exceptional children; summary judgment; and motion to dismiss

Declaratory Judgment Act, actual and justiciable controversy, public utility regulation, landlord/tenant exemption to regulation

Revocation hearing; waiver of revocation hearing; jurisdiction; superior court; district court; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 15A-1347; petition for writ of certiorari; N.C. R. App. P.4.

Jury instructions, statutory mitigating factors, defendant's right to a jury trial

Fatal variance, preservation, material element, surplusage

Appeal from order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), neglect.

Order terminating parental rights; whether the trial court's findings support its conclusion that grounds existed to terminate respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); whether the trial court complied with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court made sufficient findings to eliminate reunification from the permanent plan; whether DSS undertook reasonable efforts toward reunification; whether the evidence and the trial court's findings show respondent-mother willfully failed to pay a reasonable portion of the children's cost of care under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3).

Appeal from order terminating respondent's parental rights; termination of respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); willful failure to make reasonable progress.

Order eliminating reunification from the children's permanent plan and subsequent order terminating father's parental rights for failure to make reasonable progress to correct the conditions which led to the removal of the children, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2), are affirmed where competent evidence supports the findings of fact and the findings support the conclusions of law.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3), (6); no-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.