North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  The defendant-mother’s behavior—such as hiding the parties’ child from the plaintiff-father and engaging in a game that required the child to touch her breast—have traumatized the child; after visits with the mother, incidents of the child soiling her underpants ...

The trial court should have exercised its discretion in determining whether to allow the defendant-wife to present the testimony of an expert witness, whom the wife disclosed only one day before the parties’ alimony trial. Upon our de novo review ...

Where a prior custody order focused on the father’s drinking problem, a custody modification order indicated an effect on the parties’ children when it said the father “is no longer exhibiting a drinking problem … enjoyed unsupervised visits with [his ...

  In re B.O.A., __ N.C. __, 831 S.E.2d 305 (2019), was a case involving termination of parental rights; however, it is binding in this case involving adjudications of abuse, neglect and dependency. Pursuant to B.O.A., the trial court is ...

In granting the defendant-father’s motion to modify custody, the trial court made 30 findings as to the children’s schools, doctors and extracurricular activities; the parties’ disparate work schedules; and the relative support groups of family and friends each party had ...

Pursuant to a consent order, the defendant-father began spending significantly more time with the parties’ children. This constituted a substantial change in circumstances, permitting the trial court to modify the father’s child support obligation. We affirm the trial court’s child ...

The trial court’s findings don’t support its conclusions that the respondent-father willfully abandoned and neglected his minor daughter. We vacate the order terminating respondent’s parental rights and remand for further proceedings. Abandonment The trial court found that the respondent-father had ...

Cocaine use and a domestic altercation were involved in DSS taking custody of respondent’s son; respondent appeals the termination of her parental rights. Respondent’s counsel has filed a no-merit brief, informed respondent of her right to file pro se arguments, ...

  The petitioner-mother alleged that the respondent-father had failed to exercise his visitation rights with the parties’ children and had failed to provide support for them. Respondent’s counsel filed a no-merit brief, informed respondent of his right to file pro ...

  DSS’ neglect petition alleged that the respondent-mother had a history of substance abuse and had overdosed on heroin a few days earlier and that the children’s father had assaulted her with a baseball bat and tested positive for several ...