North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

In re S.G.V.S. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-061-18, 12 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Haywood County District Court (Kristina Earwood, J.) N.C. App. Holding: When the district court in Haywood County scheduled the adjudication hearing on DSS’s motion to terminate ...

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In re D.E.M. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-031-18, 8 pp.) (Hunter Murphy, J.) Appealed from Rutherford County District Court (Laura Powell, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The trial court’s findings to not demonstrate willful abandonment: (1) The trial court’s findings do not ...

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In re M.J.S.M. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-033-18, 13 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) (Hunter Murphy, J., concurring in part & concurring in the result in part) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (R. Michelle Fletcher, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where ...

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Raymond v. Raymond (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-038-18, 21 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Matthew Osman, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where the same version of the parties’ separation agreement was never signed and acknowledged by both ...

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In re Ivey (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-034-18, 16 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Haywood County District Court (Thomas Foster, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the biological mother did not indicate that she wanted to revoke her consent to ...

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Sappington v. Sappington (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-012-18, 30 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Avery County District Court (F. Warren Hughes, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Once the trial court found a substantial change in circumstances in the defendant-father’s favor, ...

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Picotte v. Hull (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-010-18, 23 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Durham County District Court (Fred Battaglia, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though defendant’s conduct did not rise to the level of criminal harassment or ...

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In re Adoption of S.K.G. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-008-18, 17 pp.) (John Arrowood, J.) (Hunter Murphy, J., concurring in the result only without separation opinion) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Ned Mangum, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although the ...

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Dalton v. Dalton (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-007-18, 14 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Onslow County District Court (Sarah Seaton, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: While an owner’s unsubstantiated opinion as to the value of his property is insufficient, ...

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Hankins v. Hankins (Lawyers Weekly No. 17-186-1, 17 pp.) (Linda McGee, J.) Appealed from Rowan County District Court (Marshall Bickett, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding:  The trial court erred in holding that certain real estate acquired by the husband prior ...

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