Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for a transcript of a prior trial and motion to continue.

Whether the trial court deprived defendant of his right to confront witnesses against him at defendant's probation revocation hearing.

Whether a juvenile defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel during a resentencing hearing because counsel did not ask the court to run all of the defendant's sentences concurrently.

Revocable trust; appellate jurisdiction, trial court's subject matter jurisdiction, and the trustee's duties and powers concerning trust litigation.

Interlocutory appeal; substantial right; right to venue; prior pending action.

Alienation of Affection, Criminal Conversation, Sufficiency of the Evidence.

Automobile accident; summary judgment; negligence; negligent entrustment; N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-71.1; statutory agency relationship between driver and owner of vehicle

North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; actual notice of service of process does not cure ineffective service of process; general appearance; filing of removal in state court does not constitute a general appearance

Summary ejectment action, service of process, substantial compliance, actual notice

contractor, statue of repose, Rule 12(b)(6), motion to dismiss

Town ordinances; keeping potbellied pigs as pets in residentially-zoned district; livestock; swine; limited agriculture; agricultural production; legal non-conforming use; official zoning maps

Termination of parental rights; neglect; failure to make reasonable progress

Termination of parental rights; dependency; neglect; failure to make reasonable progress; only one ground required to support termination; unchallenged grounds for termination binding on appeal

Appellate Jurisdiction; Notice of Appeal; Petition for Writ of Certiorari; Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency

Dependency; Termination of Parental Rights; Sufficiency of the Evidence

Recommitment, dangerous to others, findings of fact, expired term but not moot, involuntary commitment, not guilty by reason of insanity

3.1, permanency planning hearing, permanency planning order, permanency plan, reunification, guardianship, insufficient findings of fact

Termination of parental rights; respondent-parent not present for hearing; sufficiency of trial court inquiry before proceeding in respondent's absence; ineffective assistance of counsel claim

Rule 3.1(e); no-merit brief; termination of parental rights

fitness as a parent; constitutionally protected parental status; reasonable efforts; verification of guardianship