Koehn v. Holley (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-229-16, 17 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Jefferson Griffin, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where (1) witnesses described defendant as “erratic,” “unstable,” and “paranoid”; (2) defendant admitted he ...

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Hartford v. Hartford (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-209-16, 6 pp.) (Wendy Enochs, J.) Appealed from Moore County District Court (Stephen Bibey, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: In a consent order, the parties agreed that the defendant-husband would stop stalking and would ...

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Bates v. Gomezjurado (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-191-16, 7 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Union County District Court (L.T. Hammond Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Since neither party requested findings of fact, the trial court could deny plaintiff’s ...

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Jarrett v. Jarrett (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-177-16, 23 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from Catawba County District Court (Chester Davis, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Defendant’s slamming on brakes in front of plaintiff’s vehicle on the highway on three occasions, ...

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Mannise v. Harrell (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-304-16, 17 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Harnett County District Court (Paul Holcombe III, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Given the collateral consequences of a North Carolina domestic violence protective order, the court declines ...

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Osman v. Al Jaher (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-150-16, 14 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Michelle Fletcher, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where the plaintiff-wife presented credible evidence that she had endured a long history of ...

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Pope v. Pope (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-177-16, 11 pp.) (Wanda Bryant, J.) Appealed from Harnett County District Court (R. Dale Stubbs, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The defendant-wife’s competent evidence showed that, after the trial court issued a domestic violence protective ...

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Ponder v. Ponder (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-158-16, 12 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (David Strickland, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the trial court’s renewal of a domestic violence protective order incorporated the original DVPO ...

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Underwood v. Hudson (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-1134, 12 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Wayne County District Court (Charles Gaylord III, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Neither of defendant’s convictions – for communicating threats or misdemeanor stalking – constitutes a “misdemeanor ...

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Comstock v. Comstock (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-1048, 9 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (David Strickland, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although plaintiff had moved out of North Carolina by the time she sought the most recent ...

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