COVID-19, interlocutory, substantial right, due process, right to retained counsel, moot, preservation

Order granting partial summary judgment is an interlocutory order and not immediately appealable. Appellant fails to show a substantial right will be lost absent immediate review.

abuse, neglect, and dependency; trial court's adjudication of neglected was supported by factual findings, which were supported by the evidence

UCCJEA, temporary emergency jurisdiction, visitation

Appeal from order eliminating reunification; guardian ad litem for a parent; verification of guardians; waiver of constitutionally protected status argument.

Findings of fact did not support adjudication of neglect where the adjudication order recited multiple allegations from the juvenile petition verbatim or near-verbatimt, lacked ultimate findings regarding pertinent issues, and included findings unsupported by clear and convincing evidence.

Affirming termination of parental rights (TPR); adjudication on ground of willful abandonment; no abuse of discretion; termination in best interests of child.

gag order, civil contempt, criminal contempt, juvenile petition, social media

caveat; extrinsic fraud; statute of limitation; holographic will

property tax commission; appeals to property tax commission were untimely and commission lacked jurisdiction because notices of appeal were not postmarked or received within 30 days after taxpayers' receipt of notices of decision

Verified complaint for divorce; one year separation, NCGS 50-6; subject matter jurisdiction; fraudulent service.

Wrongful death; appellate jurisdiction

child support, postseparation support, divorce, findings of fact, equitable distribution, conclusions of law

Transitional Disability Benefits; Cost of Living Adjustments; Social Security Offset Amount; Rule 12(b)(6); Motion to Dismiss; Administrative Law Judge; De Novo; Rule 12(b)(1); Chapter 135; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-112; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 135-9; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-64.80; Contract; Judicial Review; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-51; Administrative Agency; Whole Record Standard of Review; Bank Account Statements; Collateral Estoppel

Facial constitutional challenge of legislative enactment; motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity; interlocutory appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; lack of standing; vacated

Temporary custody order; interlocutory appeal; lack of jurisdiction.

Partnership dissolution; classification, distribution, and allocation of partnership property; interlocutory appeal; dismissed

Prior appeal; declaratory judgment; prescriptive easement; motions to dismiss, Rules 12(b)(6), 12(g), 12(h)(2); summary judgment, Rule 56, prescriptive easement.

alimony; interlocutory; substantial right; Rule 11 sanctions; absolute divorce

Rule 3.7 of the NC Rules of Professional Conduct; Necessary Witness; Witness-Advocate Rule; Lawyer's right to appear pro se