State employees; just cause for termination based on unsatisfactory job performance; warnings required for dismissal

Equitable Distribution

Tort claims against police officer; governmental immunity; public official immunity and malice; motion for summary judgment.

Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss; Standing; Shareholder action

Summary judgment; Just cause for termination; Notice

Termination of parental rights

Termination of parental rights; Cessation of reunification efforts

juvenile disposition; right to counsel; waiver; forfeiture

Termination of Parental Rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(1); N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(7)

neglected dependent; reunification efforts

trier of fact

neglect; dependent juveniles; alternative caregiver arrangement

Ceasing reunification pursuant N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-901(c); Custodian?s understanding of legal significance of placement and adequacy of resources to care for child; and Finding required for no contact and visitation.

termination of sex offender registration

Worker's compensation; injury causation

Subject matter jurisdiction; retaliatory discharge; first amendment; appellate review of administrative decision; waiver

Escaped Horse; Summary Judgment; Animal at Large.

Trial Court's Authority to Enter Order Different from the Court's Oral Pronouncement

Invocation of Juvenile?s Right to have Parent Present During Interrogation; Motion to Suppress; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-2101(a)

Premeditated and Deliberate First-Degree Murder, Lesser-included Offenses, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel