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NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS REPORTS VOLUME 245 19 JANUARY 2016 16 FEBRUARY 2016 RALEIGH 2018 CITE THIS VOLUME 245 N.C. APP. TABLE OF CONTENTS Judges of the Court of Appeals .......................... v Table of Cases Reported ................................ vii Table of Cases Reported Without Published Opinions ....... viii Opinions of the Court of Appeals ........................ 1-568 Headnote Index ....................................... 569 iii This volume is printed on permanent, acid-free paper in compliance with the North Carolina General Statutes. iv THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA Chief Judge LINDA M. McGEE Judges WANDA G. BRYANT JOHN M. TYSON ANN MARIE CALABRIA LUCY INMAN RICHARD A. ELMORE VALERIE J. ZACHARY DONNA S. STROUD WENDY M. ENOCHS1 ROBERT N. HUNTER, JR. PHIL BERGER, JR.2 CHRIS DILLON HUNTER MURPHY3 MARK DAVIS JOHN S. ARROWOOD4 RICHARD D. DIETZ Emergency Recall Judges GERALD ARNOLD RALPH A. WALKER Former Chief Judges GERALD ARNOLD SIDNEY S. EAGLES, JR. JOHN C. MARTIN Former Judges WILLIAM E. GRAHAM, JR. K. EDWARD GREENE JAMES H. CARSON, JR. RALPH A. WALKER J. PHIL CARLTON HUGH B. CAMPBELL, JR. BURLEY B. MITCHELL, JR. ALBERT S. THOMAS, JR. HARRY C. MARTIN LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS E. MAURICE BRASWELL ALAN Z. THORNBURG WILLIS P. WHICHARD PATRICIA TIMMONS-GOODSON DONALD L. SMITH ROBIN E. HUDSON CHARLES L. BECTON ERIC L. LEVINSON ALLYSON K. DUNCAN JAMES A. WYNN, JR. SARAH PARKER BARBARA A. JACKSON ELIZABETH G. McCRODDEN CHERI BEASLEY ROBERT F. ORR CRESSIE H. THIGPEN, JR. SYDNOR THOMPSON ROBERT C. HUNTER JACK COZORT LISA C. BELL MARK D. MARTIN SAMUEL J. ERVIN, IV JOHN B. LEWIS, JR. SANFORD L. STEELMAN, JR. CLARENCE E. HORTON, JR. MARTHA GEER JOSEPH R. JOHN, SR. LINDA STEPHENS5 ROBERT H. EDMUNDS, JR. J. DOUGLAS McCULLOUGH6 JAMES C. FULLER 1Appointed 1 August 2016 2Sworn in 1 January 2017 3Sworn in 1 January 2017 4Appointed 24 April 2017 5Retired 31 December 2016 6Retired 24 April 2017 v Clerk DANIEL M. HORNE, JR. Assistant Clerk SHELLEY LUCAS EDWARDS OFFICE OF STAFF COUNSEL Director Leslie Hollowell Davis Assistant Director David Alan Lagos Staff Attorneys John L. Kelly Bryan A. Meer Eugene H. Soar Nikiann Tarantino Gray Michael W. Rodgers Lauren M. Tierney Justice D. Warren ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS Director Marion R. Warren Assistant Director David F. Hoke OFFICE OF APPELLATE DIVISION REPORTER H. James Hutcheson Kimberly Woodell Sieredzki Jennifer C. Peterson vi CASES REPORTED PAGE PAGE Adams v. City of Raleigh .......... 330 Maldjian v. Bloomquist ............ 222 Am. Mech., Inc. v. Bostic .......... 133 N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety Carpenter v. Carpenter ............ 1 v. Owens ..................... 230 Cherry v. Wiesner ................ 339 Peterson v. Dillman ............... 239 Davignon v. Davignon ............. 358 Phillips & Jordan, Inc. v. Bostic .... 133 Pickett v. Advance Auto Parts ...... 246 Eason v. Taylor .................. 16 Piro v. McKeever ................. 412 Estate of Ray v. Forgy ............ 430 Renfrow v. N.C. Dep’t of Revenue ... 443 Falin v. Roberts Co. Field Servs., Inc. ................... 144 Spears v. Spears ................. 260 Fuhs v. Fuhs ..................... 367 State v. Alldred .................. 450 State v. Baker .................... 94 Greenshields, Inc. v. Travelers State v. Barnett .................. 101 Prop. Cas. Co. of Am. .......... 25 State v. Blakeney ................. 452 State v. Bowlin ................... 469 Henderson v. Cnty. of Onslow ...... 151 State v. Collins ................... 288 Heron Bay Acquisition, LLC v. United State v. Collins ................... 478 Metal Finishing, Inc. ........... 378 State v. Cox ..................... 307 Holt v. N.C. Dep’t of Transp. ....... 167 State v. Dale ..................... 497 State v. Ford ..................... 510 In re A.B. ....................... 35 State v. Gates .................... 525 In re A.L. ........................ 55 State v. Knight ................... 532 In re C.B. ....................... 197 State v. Miller .................... 313 In re C.L.S. ...................... 75 State v. Sellers ................... 556 In re C.R.B. ..................... 65 State v. Travis ................... 120 In re Foreclosure of Herndon ...... 83 Steele v. City of Durham .......... 318 In re House ..................... 388 In re Hughes .................... 398 Walker v. N.C. State Bd. of In re Q.A. ....................... 71 Dental Exam’rs ................ 559 In re Redmond ................... 398 In re Smith ...................... 398 Yates Constr. Co., Inc. v. Bostic .... 133 vii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE A.C.L. Mortg. Servs., L.L.C. Kelley v. Andrews ................ 131 v. Runskipshop, L.L.C. .......... 328 Assurance Grp., Inc. v. Bare ....... 566 Lucas & Beach, Inc. v. Agri- Grp., Inc. ..................... 131 Barney G. Joyner Fam. Tr. v. Driggers .................... 566 Maldjian v. Bloomquist ............ 328 Bullock v. Hopler ................ 566 Mussen v. State of N.C. ............ 131 Carolina Christian Ministries, Inc. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety v. Shields ... 131 v. Prayer & Deliverance Ministries, Inc. ................ 566 Ramirez v. Briegan Constr. Cassidy Turley Com. Real Est. Servs., Inc. ................... 567 Servs., Inc. v. Somerset Props. SPE, LLC ..................... 566 Solomon v. Scope Servs., Inc. ...... 328 State v. Aine ..................... 131 D’Alessandro v. D’Alessandro ...... 566 State v. Battle .................... 567 Dial v. Britthaven, Inc. ............ 328 State v. Benjamin ................ 131 State v. Cooley ................... 131 Epley v. Ingber ................... 130 State v. Cooper .................. 567 State v. Drayton .................. 567 Hall v. Greene ................... 566 State v. Duboise .................. 131 Haynes v. N.C. Sch. of the Arts . 566 State v. Egan .................... 567 Howard v. Chambers ............. 328 State v. Eury ..................... 328 Hunter-Rainey v. N.C. Cent. Univ. ... 328 State v. Felton ................... 328 State v. Fields ................... 567 In re A.B. ....................... 566 State v. George .................. 567 In re A.L.S. ...................... 130 State v. Gray ..................... 328 In re A.P.H. ...................... 130 State v. Harper ................... 567 In re B.M.A. ..................... 130 State v. Hatch .................... 131 In re C.H.M. ..................... 566 State v. Hill ..................... 567 In re D.D. ....................... 130 State v. Ingram . 567 In re D.N.M.G. ................... 130 State v. Jones ................... 567 In re D.S. ....................... 130 State v. Maness .................. 329 In re D.S.S. ...................... 130 State v. Martin .................. 567 In re D.T. ....................... 130 State v. McClelland ............... 131 In re E.D. ....................... 566 State v. McCrary ................. 567 In re Fox Den Dev., LLC ........... 328 State v. McKinnon ................ 131 In re H.L.S. ...................... 567 State v. McLean .................. 131 In re K.A.F. ...................... 566 State v. McLendon-Brown ......... 329 In re L.D.W. ..................... 130 State v. Molina ................... 329 In re L.J.M. ...................... 130 State v. Nelson ................... 568 In re N.F. ........................ 567 State v. Nwanguma ............... 568 In re Price ...................... 328 State v. Phillips .................. 568 In re Q.C.R. ..................... 130 State v. Pineda ................... 568 In re T.C.K. ...................... 130 State v. Pugh .................... 329 In re T.D.V. ...................... 130 State v. Rader .................... 132 In re T.H. ....................... 131 State v. Rankin ................... 568 In re Z.A.A. ...................... 131 State v. Rivera-Mejia .............. 568 viii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE State v. Rogers ................... 329 State v. Walker ................... 568 State v. Sellers ................... 329 State v. Watson .................. 132 State v. Sharp .................... 568 State v. White .................... 329 State v. Shaw .................... 329 State v. York ..................... 329 State v. Singleton ................. 568 State v. Smalls ................... 132 Underwood v. Ordonez ........... 132 State v. Stasiv .................... 329 State v. Sumo .................... 132 Whitehurst v. Alexander Cnty. ...... 329 State v. Teeter.................... 568 Williams v. Chaney ............... 329 State v. Thomson ................. 132 Wilson v. Wilson ................. 568 State v. Tomlinson ................ 568 ix CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NortH Carolina AT RaleiGH LOUISE ANNETTE CARPENTER, PlaintiFF v. FRED J. CARPENTER, JR., DEFendant No. COA14-1066 Filed 19 January 2016 1. Divorce—alimony—dependent spouse—findings The trial court’s findings in a divorce and alimony case were not sufficient to support its conclusions that plaintiff was not a dependent spouse and thus was not entitled to alimony. The trial court failed to determine which, if any, of plaintiff’s expenditures were reasonable in light of her accustomed standard of living dur- ing the parties’ marriage, and failed to engage in the necessary comparison of those reasonable expenses to a correct calculation of plaintiff’s income. 2. Divorce—alimony—supporting spouse—findings A portion of a trial court order denying plaintiff’s alimony claim was vacated and remanded for findings to determine whether