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North CarolinaAppellate ProcedureCivil ProcedureFamily Law
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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Parente — Custody relocation order needed findings tied to the child

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The Court of Appeals remanded for additional findings. A substantial change in circumstances must affect the child, and a relocation decision requires findings that permit review of advantages, parental motives, compliance with visitation, and the practicality of preserving the other parent’s relationship. The order supplied a visitation schedule but did not explain the claimed educational benefit, the child’s relationship with the stepfather, or

North CarolinaAdministrative LawEnvironmentalStatutory Interpretation
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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DEQ v. Rules Review Commission — Coastal rules required clearer standards

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The Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. It held that specifically challenged provisions using open-ended terms such as significant impacts did not provide adequate objective guidance and were unclear. The Rules Review Commission abandoned objections it failed to develop on appeal, but the trial court also erred by treating fourteen objections as beyond the Commission’s scope without determining which provisions met

North CarolinaCivil ProcedureEvidenceProperty Law
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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Moore — Christmas gift rules determined ownership of a dog

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The Court of Appeals affirmed the award of ownership to the woman. Evidence supported donative intent and delivery, and credibility findings belonged to the trial court. Physical delivery did not require the donor to avoid all later possession or care while the parties cohabited; continued shared contact with gifted property did not divest the recipient’s title.

North CarolinaCivil ProcedureEvidenceFamily Law
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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In re S.A. — Changed circumstances defeated grandparents’ termination petition

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The Court of Appeals affirmed. Past neglect may inform whether future neglect is likely, but it does not end the inquiry when the children are not in the parent’s custody. Clear, cogent, and convincing evidence supported positive changes and the district court’s determination that repetition of neglect was not sufficiently likely. An isolated positive THC test did not compel a different result in light of the broader record.

North CarolinaAppellate ProcedureEvidenceFamily Law
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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In re A.J. — Prior recusal did not invalidate a newly assigned judge’s neglect order

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The Court of Appeals affirmed. The prior recusal applied to the judge who had entered it and did not bar a different judge from hearing the remanded matter. Unchallenged and supported findings showed a living environment injurious to the children’s welfare, including repeated exposure to potentially harmful situations and failure to correct the conduct. Those findings supported adjudication of all three children as neglected.

North CarolinaAppellate ProcedureCivil ProcedureReal Estate
North Carolina Court of Appeals
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Alston — Attachment order did not justify an immediate appeal

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The Court of Appeals dismissed the defendants’ appeal as interlocutory. The attachment did not essentially shut down the defendants’ business, applied to a single North Carolina asset, allowed a sale so long as proceeds remained secured, and could be discharged by bond. Because the defendants did not identify an irreparable injury that would be lost before final judgment, the order did not affect a substantial right supporting immediate review.

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