Intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress; revenge porn; unlawful disclosure of private images; cyberstalking; libel per se; expert testimony; lay witness testimony; authentication; and judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Neglect, dependency, adjudication, mirroring words of petition, failure to make ultimate findings of fact, mental health of parent, hyperbolic statements, evidence must fully convince, injurious environment, failure to make findings required reversal

threat, felony, statement, misdemeanor, delinquent, sufficiency, statutory mandate, Rule 2, adjudication, disposition, juvenile, student, objective, subjective, true threat, reasonable, petition, communication

best interest of the child, UCCJEA, denial of visitation

North Carolina Industrial Commission; dependent filing; death benefits; funeral benefits; jurisdiction; claim for compensation; right to compensation

first-degree murder; conspiracy to commit murder; first-degree kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; voluntary intoxication; murder by torture

Driving while intoxicated; judicial notice; assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; motor vehicle; felonious serious injury by a motor vehicle; blood draw; motion to suppress; chain of custody; competent evidence

Constitutionality of traffic stop; motion to suppress; guilty plea not pursuant to plea arrangement with the State.

third-party custody; grandparent standing; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.1(a); conduct inconsistent with parental status; best interests of the child

Interlocutory appeal; NCGS 1-277; substantial right; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 26, NCGS 1A-1, Rule 45; statutory construction; attorney-client privilege; work product; privilege log; content of subpoena.

Interlocutory; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-267.1(a1); Three-Judge Panel; and Facial Challenge

Evidentiary standard; constitutionally protected parental status; reunification efforts; and N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-906.2(b)

juvenile; disposition; transcript of admission; knowing and voluntary admission

Separation agreement; child support; Pataky presumption; attorney?s fees, and imputation of income.

Violation of a nonjurisdictional rule; substantial and gross violation; sanctions under Rule 34(b).

Marital property; separate property; divisible property; summary judgment; equitable division; North Carolina Equitable Distribution Act; education; educational debt; student loans; marital debt; adult children

Criminal; Motion to Suppress; Search and Seizure; Probable Cause; and Staleness.

Involuntary manslaughter; motion to strike jury venire; sufficiency of evidence; culpable negligence; proximate cause; validity of indictment