A domestic violence protective order granted to a Chatham County woman against her ex-boyfriend’s 14-year-old son must be vacated because the woman had assumed the status and obligations of a parent, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, ...

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The domestic violence protective orders that the victim obtained against defendant in the past were relevant to show defendant’s course of conduct and his motive to commit the offense of stalking. Given that the trial court redacted the DVPOs and ...

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Even though the record shows that defendant was served with “the notice of hearing on domestic violence protective order, ex parte domestic violence order of protection, notice of ex parte hearing, complaint and motion,” there is no indication that defendant ...

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At the hearing on plaintiff’s application for a domestic violence protective order, the parties gave conflicting testimony – though defendant did admit that he placed a tracking device on plaintiff’s car, sent plaintiff a text message that she considered threatening, ...

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Holding: Even though there was evidence to the contrary, plaintiff’s testimony that defendant punched her in the stomach was competent evidence to support the trial court’s finding that defendant punched plaintiff in the stomach. We affirm the domestic violence protective ...

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Comstock v. Comstock (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-172-17, 11 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Matt Osman, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: In this domestic violence case in which both parties have now moved to Texas, the ...

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Bowden v. Washburn (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-134-17, 13 pp.) (Wanda Bryant, J.) Appealed from Harnett County District Court (R. Dale Stubbs, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Since respondent’s counsel was handling a separate abuse, neglect, or dependency matter in juvenile ...

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Walker v. Pharr (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-073-17, 8 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Jefferson Griffin, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even assuming that defendant’s actions – continuously calling plaintiff, texting him, driving by his workplace, ...

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Edwards v. Cole (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-031-17, 15 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Alexander County District Court (Edward Hedrick IV, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: While the trial judge (1) orally reviewed portions of a consent domestic violence protective ...

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Sylvester v. Sylvester (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-008-17, 6 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) (John Tyson, J., concurring in the result only without separate opinion) Appealed from Buncombe County District Court (Edwin Clontz, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The trial court erred ...

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