Rule 60 motion; Rule 59 motion; family law; child support; retroactive child support; child?s expenses; gross annual income; abuse of discretion; substantial deference; North Carolina Child Support Guidelines; disparity of incomes; retroactive expenses

stepfather custody in error when father not unfit

permanency planning order, juvenile, neglect, guardian ad litem, Department of Social Services, witness, custody, guardian

Appeal of order allowing foreclosure dismissed as moot; NCGS 45-21.29A

Utilities Commission; jurisdiction; Americans with Disabilities Act; NC Persons with Disabilities Act; findings of fact

Worker's Compensation

Separation agreement; Setting aside agreement; Duress; Child custody; Child support

professional licensing and North Carolina Administrative Procedure Act; revocation of license to practice dentistry; fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation and standard of care issues

motion to set aside default judgment; failure to attack default judgment at trial precludes review on appeal

attorney's fees incurred in child support claim; insufficient means to defray legal expenses; good faith of interested party; refusal to pay adequate child support; insufficient findings to support award of attorney's fees

trespass/encroachment; boundary dispute; implied dedication of road right-of-way to public; deeds void for vagueness of description

first-degree murder; competency; incapacity; abuse of discretion; jury selection; capacity; malingering; jury charge; reading of instructions; clerk; ex mero motu; nonprejudicial; failure to intervene

Waiver of Counsel, Forfeiture of Counsel

first-degree murder; second-degree murder; insufficient evidence; premeditation; deliberation; motion to dismiss; substantial evidence; legal provocation; direct evidence; circumstantial evidence; grossly excessive force; headlock; malice; express hatred; inherently dangerous act; failure to instruct jury; involuntary manslaughter; preservation; Rule 10; custodial statement; pretrial motion

Robbery with a dangerous weapon; Denial of motion to dismiss; Sufficiency of evidence of use of dangerous weapon; Guilty plea to habitual felon status; Required statutory colloquy under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1022

Jury instructions; actual possession; constructive possession

Drug-trafficking; search and seizure; confidential informant; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion; probable cause; factors of reliability; search warrant; warrant exception; automobile exception

motion to suppress - probable cause; DWI; N.C.G.S. § 20-138.1

Obtaining property by false pretenses; Jury instruction; Plain error.