Whether magistrates are other officers under N.C.G.S. 58-76-5 and accordingly may be sued under their official bond and whether judicial immunity is an available defense to official capacity claims against judicial officers.

Inverse Condemnation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-111;
Demand for Jury Trial;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-108 hearing;
Denial of private property owners' access to public road;
Expert testimony;
Actions taken during improvements;
Takings damages;

child custody; alimony; modification; substantial change of circumstances; calculation of income; findings of fact; contempt; purge conditions

sex offender registration, substantially similar, burden of proof

modification of child support, jurisdiction, registration of child support orders, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Batson procedure, motion for mistrial, motion to recuse.

SBM; Rule 60; jurisdiction; perfection of appeal; docketing

Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause;
Crawford v. Washington;
State v. Webb, 2 N.C. 103 (1794);
Testimonial Evidence;
Cross Examination;
Hearsay Exceptions;
Business Records;
"Catch All" exception;
Constitutional Error;
Harmless Beyond a Reasonable Doubt;

voluntary intoxication, jury instruction, breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, possession of a firearm by a felon, plain error

Fourth Amendment; Probable Cause; Motion to Suppress; Contraband; Marijuana; Methamphetamine.

Interlocutory; Injunction; Charging Order; De Novo; Supplemental Proceedings; Statutory Interpretation.

Intervenors, custody, clear and convincing evidence, unfitness, parental acts inconsistent with constitutionally protected status, reasonable visitation, best interest

delinquent juvenile; disposition order; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2501(c); findings of fact

termination of parental rights; NC Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(2); parent willfully left juvenile in placement outside the home for more than 12 months; parent failed to make reasonable progress in correcting conditions which led to juvenile's removal

grandparent custody; grandparent visitation; grandparent standing; motion to intervene; Intervenor; de facto party; Interlocutory; Interlocutory appeal

preliminary injunction; noncompetition agreement; interlocutory jurisdiction; substantial right

Subject matter jurisdiction; notice; condition of probation; possible effects; third-degree exploitation of a minor; possession; new criminal offense; reasonably satisfy

motion for new counsel; cross-examination; ex mero motu; common-law robbery; lesser included offense; robbery with a dangerous weapon