Neglected and dependent juvenile; Permanent plan of guardianship with relative; Reunification

TPR; no merit brief

Dependency; lack of appropriate alternative childcare arrangement; best interest; likelihood of adoption.

Juvenile delinquency; Entity capable of owning property; Motion to dismiss; Sentencing; Dispositional alternatives

termination of parental rights; neglect; Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Termination of parental rights; Willful abandonment

Waiver of the right to compel arbitration; Standard of review the denial of a motion to compel arbitration

Motion to Dismiss; Rules of Appellate Procedure; Insufficiency of Process; Insufficiency of Service of Process

Adverse possession under color of title, NCGS 1-38(a); adverse possession under 20 years continuous use, NCGS 1-40; findings of fact not supported by competent evidence; lappage; conclusions of law de novo review.

summary judgment; statute of limitations; competency

Constructive possession; sufficiency of evidence to support habitual felon charge.

Motion to suppress; Search following drug investigation; Incorrect address in search warrant; Other designations sufficient to identify premises to be searched

robbery with a dangerous weapon, multiple punishments, different offenses, legislative intent

Operating a vehicle to elude arrest; driving with license revoked; resisting public officer; arrest of judgment.

Jury instruction; Impermissible opinion

Rule of Evidence 401; Rule of Evidence 403; Statutory rape; incriminating letters written by defendant from jail

Fourth Amendment; search and seizure; traffic stop; mistaken identity; reasonable suspicion

Exploitation of an elder adult, Sufficiency of indictment

Guilty Plea; Writ of Certiorari; Sentencing and Judgment