sanctions as part of default judgment; failure to attack default judgment at trial court

child custody dispute; attorney's fees pursuant to N.C. General Statutes, Section 50-13.6; sufficient allegations; competent evidence Mother acted in good faith; vacate and remand for trial court to make additional findings regarding Mother's ability to defray cost of litigation

abuse, neglect, and dependency; exposure to marijuana in utero constitutes an actual impairment of a juvenile for the purpose of a neglect adjudication; trial court's adjudication of neglect was supported the evidence

Involuntary commitment; dangerousness to self; sufficiency of fact findings; right to impartial tribunal

involuntary outpatient commitment; outpatient treatment

Juvenile delinquency disposition, N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2501(c) factors, failure to make written findings

Neglect, dependency, adjudication, mirroring words of petition, failure to make ultimate findings of fact, mental health of parent, hyperbolic statements, evidence must fully convince, injurious environment, failure to make findings required reversal

threat, felony, statement, misdemeanor, delinquent, sufficiency, statutory mandate, Rule 2, adjudication, disposition, juvenile, student, objective, subjective, true threat, reasonable, petition, communication

child custody

Breach of Contract; Fraud; ; Bench Trial; Property Owner Disclosure Statement

best interest of the child, UCCJEA, denial of visitation

North Carolina Industrial Commission; dependent filing; death benefits; funeral benefits; jurisdiction; claim for compensation; right to compensation

Interlocutory appeal; No substantial right; Dismissal

Foreclosure; Motion to Dismiss; Quiet Title; Lis Pendens; Slander of Title; Interlocutory Appeal

Abuse of discretion; writ of certiorari; custody order; parenting coordinator; conclusion of law; findings of fact; competent evidence; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.01; joint custody

subject matter jurisdiction; interlocutory appeal; substantial right; inconsistent verdicts; divorce; domicile;

Equitable Distribution Claim; Sufficiency of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Date of Separation; Classification, Valuation, and Distribution of Marital Property.

First degree kidnapping; assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; plain error; ineffective assistance of counsel; jury instructions on kidnapping; requirement of separate confinement, restraint, or removal; punishment for both kidnapping based on serious injury and ADWIKISI

Failure to report a new address as a sex offender; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208.11(a)(2; Anders review; frivolous appeal

first-degree murder; conspiracy to commit murder; first-degree kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; voluntary intoxication; murder by torture