Respondent’s counsel filed a no-merit brief pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(d), and respondent did not exercise her right to file a pro se brief. No issues have been argued or preserved for our review. Appeal dismissed. In ...

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  In re M.A.W. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-067-17, 12 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from New Hanover County District Court (J.H. Corpening II, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: Even though the ...

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In re O.D.S. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-184-16, 21 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Orange County District Court (Beverly Scarlett, J.) N.C. App. Holding: When the trial court announced in open court its decision to terminate respondent’s parental rights, the ...

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In re C.A.D. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-175-16, 19 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Cumberland County District Court (Edward Pone, J.) N.C. App. Holding: In the home they shared, the respondent-mother and her parents repeatedly failed to meet “Beth’s,” ...

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In re N.T. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-16-16, 7 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Monica Bousman, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: A juvenile petition must be verified before ...

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In re C.L.S. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-031-16, 14 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) (John Tyson, J., dissenting) Appealed from New Hanover County District Court (J.H. Corpening II, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although the respondent was incarcerated shortly after learning that he ...

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In re A.B. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-027-16, 25 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Elizabeth Trosch, J.) N.C. App. Holding: On remand from an order that was self-contradictory, the trial court could properly make findings of ...

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S.A.U. v. Horton (In re J.A.U.) (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0813, 11 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Wilkes County District Court (William Brooks, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Having had custody of her grandchild for only a year, petitioner lacked standing ...

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In re T.L.H. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-06-0598, 18 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Tabatha Holliday, J.) On appeal from a divided panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: Given the ...

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In re T.L.H. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-07-1068, 21 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) (Robert C. Hunter, J., dissenting) Appealed from Guilford County District Court (Tabatha Holliday, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Given the serious nature of the respondent-mother’s multiple ongoing mental health ...

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