North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

In this case arising out of defendants’ upward revision of their estimate of the cost of developing a certain property—a revision made after the plaintiff-developer bought the land—plaintiff’s remaining claims for negligence, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract require different ...

Although the parties’ community is legally a “condominium,” each unit is a freestanding structure, and the units vary considerably in size. While the units’ outer walls, roofs and gutters do not fall within the condominium declaration’s definition of “limited common ...

In the months before the petition to terminate her parental rights was filed, while her children were in the custody of DSS, the respondent mother had consistent employment and had more than $10,000 in her savings account, yet she did ...

In this case involving an incarcerated respondent-father who (1) has seen his nine-year-old son only twice, (2) provided no support during the six months preceding the filing of the petition, (3) did not inquire about “Jamal,” and (4) has a ...

Although a 2015 custody order did not grant the respondent-father visitation with “Molly,” that order did not prohibit all contact between respondent and Molly, and it laid out the steps respondent could take to gain visitation rights. Nevertheless, respondent did ...

During his incarceration, the respondent-father did not participate in a substance abuse program that would have allowed him to spend time with “Wallace” on the prison’s family day. Moreover, during his weekly phone calls to the petitioner-grandmother (who had custody ...

The respondent-father had not seen “Charlie,” born in February 2014, since he was four to six months old. Between that time and respondent’s incarceration in October 2016, respondent did not contact Charlie. While he was incarcerated, respondent had a conduit ...

The respondent-father was convicted of molesting another child in Georgia, and the terms of respondent’s probation will not allow him to have any contact with his minor son, “Jeb,” until Jeb reaches the age of majority. While a lengthy period ...

Despite the fact that the respondent-parents substantially completed their case plans, since they never fully acknowledged responsibility for why the children came into DSS care—the filthy condition of the home, domestic violence, and a lack of supervision—or how these conditions ...

In dispositions entered in ongoing juvenile abuse, neglect and dependency proceedings, a juvenile receiving out-of-home care should be placed with a suitable relative when such a placement is available, “unless the court finds that the placement is contrary to the ...