North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Even though defendant surmised that Juror Quinn’s brother being in jail would be the race-neutral reason for the state’s peremptory challenge to Juror Quinn, since – in the face of defendant’s Batson challenge – the state never proffered an explanation ...

Although a deed of trust referred to the mailing address applicable to all three of the borrowers’ tracts, since the deed of trust described only two small tracts (0.181 acres and 0.009 acres) that were deeded to the borrowers separately ...

The plaintiff-grandfather’s son had temporary custody of his and the defendant-Mother’s children pursuant to an ex parte order entered upon allegations of abuse. After the children’s father died in an auto accident, the plaintiff-grandfather and his wife (Grandparents) filed this ...

G.S. Chapter 39A prohibits the imposition of a fee payable upon the transfer of an interest in real property. However, specifically excluded from Chapter 39A’s definition of a “transfer fee” is “[a]ny reasonable fee charged for the preparation of statements ...

The respondent-parents brought three-month-old “Kevin” to the emergency department, where he was found to have, among other injuries, fractures to his right tibia, right fibula, left tibia, left fibula, right humerus, and parietal bone. Neither parent could adequately explain Kevin’s ...

The respondent-Mother was a minor in foster care when her infant, “Travis,” was alleged to be dependent. Even if the Hoke County Department of Social Services violated 10A N.C.A.C. 70A.103(1)(6) by failing to transfer Travis’ dependency report to another county, ...

Where the trial court held that (1) Wake County Human Services “is relieved of the obligation to make further efforts towards reunification”; (2) “further efforts towards reunification are inconsistent with the children’s need for a safe, permanent home within a ...

G.S. § 54C-165 allows a savings bank to safely pay either of the two persons who are listed as joint owners of an account. The statute is for the protection of the bank only and, absent any other evidence, is ...

A combination of the facial fractures caused by defendant, the narrowing of a coronary artery, and the fentanyl in the victim’s system contributed to cause the victim’s death. Where (1) defendant’s expert testified that defendant’s assault did not cause the ...

Where (1) defendant’s indictments for first-degree sexual offenses with a child, first-degree rape, and incest tracked the language of the applicable statutes and a reasonable person of common understanding would know the intent of each indictment and (2) the record ...