abuse and neglect; relative placement priority; necessity of findings to support conclusion that placement of juvenile with non-relatives was in the best interest of juvenile

juvenile, father, permanency planning order, hearing, abuse, neglect, child, custody, DSS, grandparents, guardianship, guardian ad litem, parent

issues include whether the court had jurisdiction to enter permanency order awarding permanent guardianship of juvenile to foster parents; whether findings of fact support court's conclusion that parents are unfit and acted inconsistently with their constitutionally protected status; whether trial court erred by failing to notify appellants-parents of the right to file a motion for review; and whether evidence supported court's reunification findings and conclusions

issue is whether the NC Industrial Commission erred by declining to consider two suitable employment opportunities supposedly offered to plaintiff following the hearing before the Deputy Commissioner because they had not been approved by plaintiff's physician as of the date of the initial hearing

no error in declining to give N.C.P.I Crim. 308.10 instruction; no invited error; no plain error in failing to instruct jury on mistake of fact; failure to comply with N.C. R. App. P. 3 and properly notice appeal

Sexual battery, inadequate record

Fourth Amendment, consent, coercion, motion to suppress, search, seizure

incest, statutory rape, indecent liberties with a child, first-degree kidnapping, subject matter jurisdiction, sovereign citizen, standby counsel, victim, child, pregnancy, relinquishment of parental rights, pediatrician, hearsay, confrontation, competency, incompetent

probation condition, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343, abuse of discretion

motion to dismiss; misdemeanor child abuse; substantial risk of physical injury

strangulation, assault on a female, airway, detective, testimony, injury

Evidence in criminal trials; Plain error

Plain Error; Prejudice; Certiorari; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

divorce; alimony; dependent spouse

grant of interpleader,
church dispute over access to bank accounts,
ecclesiastical entanglement,
substantial right,
subject matter jurisdiction,
appeal dismissed as interlocutory

issues include (1) whether the appeal is interlocutory and thus should be dismissed; (2) if not, whether plaintiff can assert a Corum claim under the NC Constitution when she has other adequate state remedies; and relatedly (3) whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's MTD the Corum claim

divorce, military pension, pension, debt, marital debt, equitable distribution, life expectancy, spouse, marital estate, student loans

Child support modification, sanctions,

divorce, date of separation, cohabitation