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In re S.C.C.
Appeal from order terminating parental rights; termination of parental rights for failure to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of the child's care pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3); whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondents' parental rights was in the best interests of the juvenile.
In re T.T.
Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); whether respondent failed to make reasonable progress in correcting the conditions resulting in removal of the juvenile.
In re W.K.
Private termination; appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights; whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by terminating respondent's parental rights when it failed to articulate the specific statutory grounds supporting termination under the 'conclusions of law' section of the termination order; whether the evidence supports the trial court's findings of fact and the findings of fact support its conclusion of law that grounds existed to terminate respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed November 2, 2021
Alexander v. Becker
Condominium Act, Declaration, Unit Property, Common Element, Limited Common Element, Insure, Maintain, Repair, Association, Single Units, Unit Property, Walls, Roofs, Gutters.
Baznik v. FCA US LLC
Motion to Dismiss; Rule 12(b)(2); Rule 12(b)(6); public official immunity; qualified immunity; sovereign immunity; North Carolina Department of Transportation; NCDOT; personal jurisdiction; public official; public employee; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 143B-345; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 143B-346; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 136-19; de novo
Greenbrier Place, LLC v. Baldwin Design Consultants, P.A.
partial summary judgment; interlocutory appeal
In re: A.S.
Involuntary commitment; sufficiency of findings; N.C.G.S. 122C-268
In re: A.W.
Parents constitutional rights; care, custody and control of child; permanency planning hearing; ceasing reunification; statutory findings; guardianship with nonparent; domestic violence.
Lost Forest Dev., LLC v. Comm'r of Lab. of the State of NC
OSHA citation; notice of contest; required timelines; waiver; 13 NCAC 7A.0802; NCGS 95-137(b)(1); NCGS 1A-1, Rule 5; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 60; N.C. R. App. P. 28(a).
Phillips v. MacRae
Summary judgment; one judge overruling another; testamentary and marital family trusts; duties of trustees; spouse's elective share; factors to be 100% countable; declaratory judgment; NCGS 30-3.3A(e)(1).
Poythress v. Poythress
premarital agreement, real estate, divorce, separate property, marital property, gift, intend
State v. Eddings
Motion to suppress; findings of fact; conclusions of law; search warrant; search warrant affidavit; probable cause; nexus; Fourth Amendment; fentanyl
State v. Garrett
N.C.G.S. ? 15A-954; motion to dismiss; due process; equal protection; cruel and unusual punishment; Raise the Age; juvenile tried as adult.
State v. Jones
present recollection refreshed, prior consistent statement, jury instructions, plain error, clerical error
State v. Lane
GPS tracking order, trafficking heroin, motion to suppress, non-owner of vehicle, probable cause, standing, common law trespass, reasonable expectation of privacy.
State v. Rodriguez
Second-degree forcible rape; Relevant evidence under Rule of Evidence 401; Prior Bad Acts under Rule of Evidence 404(b); Rule of Evidence 403
State v. Royster
Reasonable articulable suspicion; anonymous tip, totality of the circumstances; investigatory stop; prior charge; flight; reaching.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed October 29, 2021
Bandy v. A Perfect Fit For You, Inc.
Whether the Business Court erred by entering an order which refused to authorize payment of fees to an attorney who performed legal services for a receiver solely because the Business Court believed the attorney violated a prior order establishing the procedure for seeking authorization of fee payments. Whether an attorney for a receiver may recoup fees for work performed in relation to litigation arising from the trial court's prior denial of authorization to pay fees.