acting in concert; lay-opinion testimony

sentencing, aggravating factor of taking property of great monetary value, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1340.16(d)(14), Class C felony embezzlement of property received by virtue of office or employment, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-90(c)

Rule 404(b); Evidence not used to show propensity; Hearsay; Present Sense Impression; Sufficiency of evidence

Rule 401, Rule 403, motion to dismiss

sufficiency of the evidence; second-degree kidnapping; kidnapping by fraud; ineffective assistance of counsel

criminal contempt; failure to appear can constitute interference with a court's lawful process and serve as basis for criminal contempt; jurisdiction to review plenary proceedings for criminal contempt appealed from district court to superior court; nature of de novo review of plenary proceedings of criminal contempt in superior court; notice required for plenary proceedings for criminal contempt and validity of show cause order to provide notice; erroneous failure to apply beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof in plenary proceeding for criminal contempt in district court was not a jurisdictional defect; testimony by judicial official who presided over prior proceeding was permissible in subsequent proceeding before different judicial official on appeal from prior proceeding

Child Custody, Child Support, Attorney's Fees

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) (2019); whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondents' parental rights was in the best interests of the juveniles.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2), (7) (2019); whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying respondent-father's motion to continue the termination hearing; whether the trial court's findings of fact are supported by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; whether the trial court's findings of fact support its conclusions of law that grounds exist to terminate respondent-father's parental rights on the basis of willful failure to make reasonable progress to correct the conditions that led to the child's removal and willful abandonment.

Appeal from order terminating parental rights; DSS standing; collateral attack on initial adjudication order; lack of UCCJEA findings.

Termination of parental rights on the ground of neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Whether the trial court erred in determining that it was in the child's best interests to terminate respondent-mother's parental rights.

Termination of parental rights on the ground of neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Appeal from an order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1), (2), and (6); whether the findings of fact support the conclusion of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

Appeal from orders terminating parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2); 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 received sufficient evidence and made adequate findings of fact to support a termination of respondent-mother's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2), (6)-(7).

Appeal from an order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2), (3), and (6); whether the juvenile was left in foster care or placement outside the home for the requisite 12-month statutory time period under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); whether the trial court made sufficient findings of fact to support its conclusion of law that grounds existed to terminate respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3) and (6).

Termination of parental rights; DSS standing to file termination petition; Jurisdiction to enter nonsecure custody orders; Best interests determination pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1110.

Appeal from order terminating parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (7); whether the evidence and the trial court's findings support the trial court's adjudication of grounds for termination.