Child Custody; Visitation

Adjudication and disposition hearing; parental rights; care, custody and control; corporeal punishment; abuse and neglect; hearsay; lack of witness; other siblings neglected; denial of visitation and contact.

Permanency planning hearing; legal and physical custody; compliance with case plan; suspending visitation and contact.

findings required to cease reunification efforts in a juvenile proceeding, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-911, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2

Adjudication of dependency; Adequacy of findings of fact; Notice of Appeal; Post-Petition evidence of paternity

Negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; Ordinary common law negligence; Election of theory of the action; Jury instructions

motion to compel depositions; Rule 30; protective order; summary judgment

judgment notwithstanding the verdict; reformation of deed; mutual mistake; negligence; motion in limine; exclusion of evidence

equitable distribution, account, passive increase, contempt order, civil contempt, purge, purge condition, sanctions, frivolous filings, attorneys? fees

Appeal from Department of Commerce Decisions under Chapter 96; Independent Contractor Status

interlocutory jurisdiction; change of venue

summary judgment, tortious interference with contract, employment, termination, doctor

permanent custody, visitation, required findings, fit and proper person

plain error, jury instruction, knife, dangerous weapon

Breaking or entering a motor vehicle

possession of a firearm by a felon; self-defense

motion to dismiss, jury instructions, felony speeding to elude arrest

child abduction, undisciplined status of a minor, motion to dismiss, sufficiency of the evidence

first-degree murder, arson, robbery with dangerous weapon, cruelty to animals, statements, recorded, hearsay, Rule 403, prejudicial, probative, testimony, statements against interest, common plan, prejudicial balancing, jury deliberations, juror misconduct, mistrial

Motion to Dismiss; Indecent Liberties with a Child; Statements for Medical Diagnosis or Treatment; Expert Witness Testimony; First Degree Kidnapping; Jury Instructions; Sexual Offense with a Child Prior Bad Acts; Cross Examination.