attorney's fees, estate proceeding, conflict of interest, clerk of court, necessary charges, prenuptial agreement, personal representative

termination of parental rights; no abuse of discretion in terminating respondent's parental rights; best interests

writ of mandamus, fundamental fairness, case plan compliance

neglected and dependent juvenile; permanency planning order; evidentiary standard; clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; findings of fact; unfitness; constitutional right to parent.

Workers' Compensation; independent contractor, employer-employee relationship; NCDOT, off-duty police officer, traffic control work; Hayes factors; employment contract; simultaneous control

Motion to dismiss, 12(b)(6), (b)(1), (b)(2), clerical error, appellate review

summary judgment; declaratory judgment; abuse of process; motion to compel; abuse of discretion.

partition, fair and equitable, issue of material fact

Workers' Compensation Act; competent evidence; preponderance of the evidence; burden; witness credibility; expert testimony; medical causation; compensable injury

Civil contempt; Necessary findings of fact; Purge conditions; Attorneys’ fees

denial of temporary total disability benefits; denial of motion to introduce new evidence; disability under N.C.G.S. § 97-29

N.C.R. App. P. 3; appeal by a nonparty

N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); N.C.R. App. P. 28(b)(6)

jurisdiction, civil contempt, child support, nunc pro tunc

motion to dismiss for insufficiency, prior inconsistent statements, clerical errors.

motion for capacity hearing; no abuse of discretion; competent to stand trial;

Anders v. California; Guilty Plea; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1444(a2); Motion to Dismiss Appeal; Jurisdiction.

Appellate Rule 4; Anders, certiorari, dismissal

First Degree Murder;
Premeditation & Deliberation;
Motion to Dismiss;
Expert Witness;
Brady v. Maryland;
Rule 404(b);
Closing Argument;

Weaving; DWI; Motion to suppress; Reasonable suspicion