NCGS 1A-1, Rule 12(b) motions; insufficiency of process and service of process; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 4(a)(b); de novo review.

Contempt; civil contempt; criminal contempt; Moot; age of majority; dismissed; notice; sua sponte

trial court's adjudication of neglect was supported be adequate findings supported by competent evidence even though some findings were not supported by competent evidence; father's argument that adjudication of neglect should be without prejudice to any subsequent petition for termination of parental rights was premature

Adjudication, disposition, clear and convincing evidence, findings of fact, juvenile, neglect, petition for writ of certiorari

motion to shorten time to hearing, motion to dismiss-process of service, statute of limitations

Child support modification; imputing plaintiff's income; depressing income; bad faith; extraordinary expenses; attorney's fees; medical conditions.

Deviation from an appellate court?s mandate, present-use value tax rates, and second appeal.

motion to dismiss; personal jurisdiction; due process; long-arm statute

Judgment on the pleadings; lack of enforceable agreement; negligent misrepresentation; fraud; particularity of averments of fraud; NCGS 1A-1, Rule9(b)

Right to Farm Act legislative amendments; three-judge panel; facial constitutional challenge; Law of the Land Clause; private versus general laws; right to trial by jury; limitations on damages; nuisance; agricultural and forestry activities; statute of limitation.

Dismiss; lack of jurisdiction; appeal from magistrate order; magistrate; Rule 60(b)(1); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-228; venue; district court

Motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; conspiracy; aggravating factor; N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.16.

Child abuse inflicting serious injury, ineffective assistance of counsel, limiting instruction, failure to challenge.

Pro Se Filing; Motion for Appropriate Relief

probation revocation; probation extension; suspended sentence; jurisdiction to extend probation; conditional discharge; probation violation

Right to counsel; sufficient indictment; pro se representation; competency to stand trial; prior record level; no merger; NCGS 14-43.11(a)(i); human trafficking; promoting prostitution; habitual felon status; NCGS 90-113.22A

Second-degree trespass, General Assembly, misdemeanor statement of charges, indictment, district court, superior court, trial de novo, amendment in substance, conduct, first amendment, public property, forum, jury instructions, without authorization, legal right.

Knowing and Voluntary Admissions under State v. Harbison

plain error; prior consistent statement; corroborative testimony; witness vouching

No error in omission of jury instruction on defense of accident, jury's verdict of second-degree murder was not ambiguous for sentencing purposes, no error in omission of jury instruction on depraved-heart theory of malice.