Respondent-parents appeal the termination of their parental rights.

Order of censure for conduct that undermines public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary; for allowing personal relationships to influence official judgment and conduct; for abuse of the prestige of judicial office; for improper ex parte communications; and for failure to diligently discharge judicial duties in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Whether the trial court properly granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint.

Impermissible vouching regarding a child's credibility/believability; continued use of the word 'disclose' constituting impermissible vouching; admission of domestic violence evidence; plain error.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine based upon the sufficiency of the evidence offered at trial.

Sufficiency of the evidence to show that starvation proximately caused the decedent's death; whether a separate showing of malice is necessary to support a conviction for first-degree murder on the basis of starvation; and whether there was a fatal variance between an indictment charging negligent child abuse and the evidence upon which defendant's conviction rested.

Whether the prosecutor's improper commentary during the State's closing arguments highlighting defendant's choice to plead not guilty prejudiced defendant; whether the Court of Appeals erred in ordering a new trial for defendant.

Defendant was charged with speeding under N.C.G.S. 20-141(j1). Defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals arguing his waiver of his right to a jury trial was not knowing and voluntary under N.C.G.S. 15A-1201. Defendant appeals to this Court arguing the Court of Appeals erred when it held that he was not prejudiced by the trial court's error and that his waiver was knowing and voluntary.

Defendant petitions for review of the Court of Appeals decision holding that there was no error in his conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon arguing that the trial court failed to intervene ex mero motu to the State's misstatements during closing arguments.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a)(3) from an order and opinion on Window World defendants' motions to compel and motion to strike plaintiffs' objections to third-party subpoenas, from an order and opinion on Window World, Inc.'s motion to compel net worth information, from an order and opinion on Window World defendants' motion for reconsideration, and from an order and opinion on plaintiffs' privilege motions, Window World defendants' motion to strike, and the parties' Rule 53(g) exceptions to the special master's report.

child support; insufficient findings of fact; computation of gross income; credit for biological child

trial court properly granted all defendants' motions to exclude plaintiffs' sole standard-of-care expert witness and motions to dismiss pursuant to Rule 9(j) and for summary judgment

temporary suspension of supervised visitation; COVID-19; costs of visitation

Declaratory judgment by insurer; personal injury lawsuits; duty to defend; US Driver's Privacy Projection Act; construing insurance policies; defined terms; plain meaning.

Worker's Compensation; NCGS 97-25(f); NCGS 97-2(19); NCGS 97-88.1; frivolous appeal; medical compensation; attorney's fees; abuse of discretion; cross appeal.

insufficient evidence of every essential element for the offense of breaking or entering a motor vehicle

Arson; motion to dismiss; application of requirement that defendant burned the dwelling house of another where other inhabitant was co-conspirator in arson plan; admission of expert testimony on fire investigation and cause of fire; Rule 702 reliability determination; jury instructions on insurance fraud; plain error; sufficiency of evidence to support restitution

Admissibility of lay witness identifications, Rule of Evidence 701; sufficient evidence of felony larceny; restitution, N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.34, N.C. Gen. Stat. 1340.36, review of ability to pay prior to ordering restitution.