child support; alimony; attorney fees

Show cause hearing on whether to hold defendant in civil contempt for willful failure to pay current and past child support obligations; whether the district court's findings of fact supported its conclusion that defendant should be held in contempt; whether the findings were sufficient to show that defendant had the present ability to financially satisfy the conditions required to purge the contempt.

Appeal from order of N.C. Business Court sanctioning counsel under Rule of Civil Procedure 37(d).

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motions to dismiss the charges for which he was convicted; whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in allowing the alleged child victim to testify remotely or in not intervening ex mero motu in certain closing arguments by the prosecutor.

Appeal from convictions for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; whether the short-form indictment charging attempted murder was fatally defective; whether the trial court erred in not intervening ex mero motu in the State's closing arguments.

Interlocutory appeal; Substantial right; Collateral estoppel; Foreclosure

In-custody statements; Failure to move to suppress; Procedural bar; Stipulation to admission of evidence; No special colloquy by trial court required

probation; probation revocation; absconding; clerical error

Grandparental visitation rights; Civil contempt; Effect of termination of parental rights on grandparental visitation rights; Notice of Appeal; Show Cause Motion.

Restrictive Covenants, Public Policy, Learned Profession Exception

Attorneys' fees; motion for reconsideration; Rule 60(b); notice of appeal

Complex Business Case.

Order allowing motion to compel discovery; order allowing sanctions for discovery violations; order denying motion to compel discovery and for sanctions; review of interlocutory discovery orders

interlocutory appeal; substantial right; order compelling discovery; attorney-client privilege

Arbitration; Standing to Compel Arbitration; Fiduciary Relationships; Fiduciary Duties

Service of process; due diligence; service by publication

NCGS § 50-10; Annulment; Summary Judgment