North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
In re T.P. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-197-17, 15 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Iredell County District Court (H. Thomas Church, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Under the recently added subsection (b) of G.S. § 7B-401, where (1) the trial court ...
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Domestic Relations — Civil Practice – Voluntary Dismissal – Divorce, Reconciliation, Divorce 
Farquhar v. Farquhar (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-193-17, 7 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Susan Burch, J.) N.C. App. Holding: After the parties’ first divorce, and while their alimony and equitable distribution claims remained pending, ...
Tagged with: reconciliation Rule 41
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In re K.L. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-196-17, 25 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Cumberland County District Court (Toni King, J.) N.C. App. Holding: At a permanency planning review after remand from this court, the trial court appears to ...
Tagged with: reunification unfit
Read More »Domestic Relations — Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – Civil Practice – Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In re A.L.L. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-195-17, 26 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Betty Brown & Angela Foster, JJ.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though a Michigan court had previously entered custody orders regarding the ...
Tagged with: mental health UCCJEA
Read More »Domestic Relations — Parent & Child – Hague Convention – Grave Risk Defense – MS-13 Threats
Monterrosa Salguero v. Franco Argueta (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-032-17, 16 pp.) (Louise Flanagan, J.) 5:17-cv-000125; E.D.N.C. Holding: Even though the respondent-mother and her new husband – a Salvadoran court official – have been repeatedly threatened by MS-13, since only ...
Tagged with: Hague Convention MS-13
Read More »Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Custody & Visitation – Modification Motion – Sufficient Allegations
Page v. McCabe (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-101-17, 6 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Michael Denning, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where the plaintiff-father alleged that he had to move from Wake County to New Hanover ...
Tagged with: Custody & Visitation
Read More »Domestic Relations – Civil Practice – Summary Judgment – Witness Testimony – Material Facts – Separation Agreement Versions
McLeod v. McLeod (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-100-17, 10 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Iredell County District Court (Deborah Brown, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: On defendant’s motion to dismiss, the trial court considered matters beyond the complaint – live ...
Tagged with: Civil Practice
Read More »Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Juvenile Court – Civil Custody Conversion – Pending Appeal
In re A.K. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-098-17, 7 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Rockingham County District Court (Christopher Freeman, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: While an appeal from a neglect and dependency adjudication and disposition is pending, the ...
Tagged with: parent & child
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Ellison v. Ellison (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-097-17, 11 pp.) (Wanda Bryant, J.) Appealed from Ashe County District Court (Jennie Houston, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Though plaintiff said he did not care about the distribution of household furnishings, the trial ...
Tagged with: equitable distribution
Read More »Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Real Property – Valuation – 2010 Separation – Negotiated Debt Settlement
Henson v. Henson (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-095-17, 23 pp.) (Wanda Bryant, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County District Court (D. Brent Cloninger, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even though the tax value of the parties’ Bald Head Island residence was $1,284,100 ...
Tagged with: Real Property
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