Termination of Parental Rights; Guardianship; Best Interest; Abuse of Discretion; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1110(a); N.C.R. App. P. 28; Department of Social Services; Dispositional Stage; N.C.R. App. P. 42.

Adjudication of neglect; sufficiency of findings of fact; history of past neglect; lack of ultimate finding of substantial risk of harm; findings consistent with a substantial risk of future neglect.

consent adjudication order; stipulated facts; neglected juvenile

N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2506 and -2508; Level 3 disposition; extraordinary needs.

Rule 3.1, N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-905.1(a), visitation, disposition, findings of best interest of child.

3.1; neglect; adjudication; disposition; DSS reasonable efforts.

nonjudicial foreclosure; claim of lien; conditional order; subject matter jurisdiction; valid debt

termination of parental rights; N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(6); inability to care for child; lack of alternative child care arrangement

Expert testimony on sexual abuse; presumption that judge discerns properness of evidence in bench trial; hearsay in abuse adjudication.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-32; will caveats; subject matter jurisdiction; lack of standing to bring caveat; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-15; intestate succession; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-19(b)

public records request; special proceeding; lack of subject matter jurisdiction; lack of authority to initiate action

Termination of parental rights; findings of fact; NCGS 7B-1111(a); failure to pay child support; and judicial discretion

North Carolina Utilities Commission; Commission's decision prima facie just and reasonable; Deference afforded to Commission's interpretation of statute

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

Modification of Child Custody; Substantial Change of Circumstances; Findings of Fact; and Pure Legal Custody.

partial summary judgment; breach of contract; specific performance; implied warranty of habitability; summary ejectment; tortious interference with contract; fraud

worker's compensation; full commission did not abuse its discretion in allowing claimant's motion to submit additional evidence where good grounds existed for granting motion and Form 44 put defendants on notice of material aggravation theory; bariatric surgery was directly related to work injury that required right knee surgery and thus compensable where right knee surgery could not be safely performed before substantial weight loss that would result from bariatric surgery

Interlocutory, substantial right, and appointment of expert appraiser

Nonjurisdictional Appellate Rules Violation; Rule 28(b)(6); dismissal