Public Dedication; Declaratory Judgment; Summary Judgment

Permanency Planning Hearings; Reunification; Reasonable Efforts; Judicial Notice

Reunification; Permanency Planning Review Hearings; Constitutionally Protected Parental Status

Adjudication, Disposition, Guardianship

arbitration; interlocutory appeal; third-party beneficiary of a contract; equitable estoppel; sufficient findings of fact; novation

Statute of limitations for voluntary dismissal, commencement of a civil action, Rule 3 North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, and issuance of a summons.

First-dgree murder, attempted first-degree murder; felony conspiracy to commit first degree murder; firing into an occupied operating vehicle; lying in wait; acting in concert; conspiracy.

Probation revocation, good cause, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1344(f)

Possession of a Firearm by a Felon; Constructive Possession; Motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence.

unilateral withdrawal of plea agreement by prosecutor; trial court erred by imposing sentence contrary to plea agreement where defendant performed under agreement; specific performance of plea agreement is appropriate remedy for breach of agreement by the state

Motion to suppress, entry of a written order

Rape of a child, indecent liberties with a child, and sexual offense with a child; admission of testimony that the minor child?s symptoms were consistent with sexual abuse; no plain error

possession of a firearm by a felon; constructive possession of a controlled substance

N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 42(a); consolidation; consolidated for trial; no requirement to serve voluntary dismissal on a nonparty; voluntary dismissal deprived trial court of jurisdiction to enter further orders;

Interlocutory appeal; substantial rights; inconsistent verdicts; right to jury trial; N.C. Const., Art. I, ? 25; quiet title; conversion; cancellation and rescission; mental incapacity; undue influence; critical preliminary issues; declaratory judgment; permanent injunction; partial summary judgment

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2) on the grounds of respondent-mother willfully leaving the juveniles in foster care or placement outside the home for more than twelve months without showing to the satisfaction of the court that she had made reasonable progress under the circumstances in correcting those conditions which led to the juveniles' removal.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) (2019). No-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court made adequate findings of fact to support a termination of respondent-mother's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Termination of parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (2), (9); whether the trial court's failure to hold a termination hearing within the timing requirements of N.C.G.S. 7B-1109 constitutes reversible error.