probation revocation; absconding

Workers? Compensation Act, statutory employer, affirmative defenses.

civil procedure; default judgment; motion for relief from judgment

Reformation of description; mutual mistake; deed of trust; third-party complaint; interlocutory appeal; joinder; necessary party/permissive party.

Failure to allege standing, motion to amend complaint, Rule 15, Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss, quo warranto action

Statute of limitations bars claims of fraud, duress, or undue influence after three years. An alleged unilateral revocation of a prenuptial agreement argued in pleadings has no legal significance.

abuse and neglect; relative placement priority; necessity of findings to support conclusion that placement of juvenile with non-relatives was in the best interest of juvenile

juvenile, father, permanency planning order, hearing, abuse, neglect, child, custody, DSS, grandparents, guardianship, guardian ad litem, parent

issues include whether the court had jurisdiction to enter permanency order awarding permanent guardianship of juvenile to foster parents; whether findings of fact support court's conclusion that parents are unfit and acted inconsistently with their constitutionally protected status; whether trial court erred by failing to notify appellants-parents of the right to file a motion for review; and whether evidence supported court's reunification findings and conclusions

issue is whether the NC Industrial Commission erred by declining to consider two suitable employment opportunities supposedly offered to plaintiff following the hearing before the Deputy Commissioner because they had not been approved by plaintiff's physician as of the date of the initial hearing

no error in declining to give N.C.P.I Crim. 308.10 instruction; no invited error; no plain error in failing to instruct jury on mistake of fact; failure to comply with N.C. R. App. P. 3 and properly notice appeal

Sexual battery, inadequate record

Fourth Amendment, consent, coercion, motion to suppress, search, seizure

incest, statutory rape, indecent liberties with a child, first-degree kidnapping, subject matter jurisdiction, sovereign citizen, standby counsel, victim, child, pregnancy, relinquishment of parental rights, pediatrician, hearsay, confrontation, competency, incompetent

probation condition, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343, abuse of discretion

motion to dismiss; misdemeanor child abuse; substantial risk of physical injury

strangulation, assault on a female, airway, detective, testimony, injury

Evidence in criminal trials; Plain error

Plain Error; Prejudice; Certiorari; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel