NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS REPORTS VOLUME 242 7 JULY 2015 18 AUGUST 2015 RALEIGH 2018 CITE THIS VOLUME 242 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 ........................ 1-679 Headnote Index ....................................... 681 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 2016 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 Builders Mut. Ins. Co. v. Doug Besaw Kearney v. Bolling ................ 67 Enters., Inc. .................. 254 Malinak v. Malinak ............... 609 China Grove 152, LLC v. Town of McCauley v. Thomas .............. 82 China Grove .................. 1 Murphy v. Hinton ................ 95 Cumberland Cnty. Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. N.C. Dep’t of Health & Nelson v. State Emps. Credit Union ... 447 Human Servs. ................. 524 Neusoft Med. Sys., USA Inc. v. Neuisys, LLC ................ 102 Davis v. Williams ................. 262 Dep’t of Transp. v. BB&R, LLC ..... 11 Patterson v. Patterson ............ 114 Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese Philips v. Pitt Cnty. Mem’l of Charlotte ................... 538 Hosp., Inc. .................... 456 Earl v. CGR Dev. Corp. ............ 20 Robinson v. Univ. of N.C. Health Ellison v. Ellison ................. 386 Care Sys. ..................... 614 Estate of Jacobs v. State of N.C. .... 396 Salzer v. King Kong Zoo ........... 120 Faucette v. 6303 Carmel Rd., LLC ... 267 State v. Calderon ................. 125 Fowler v. N.C. Dep’t of Revenue .... 404 State v. Clark .................... 141 State v. Edgar .................... 624 Gentry v. N.C. Dep’t of Health State v. Edgerton ................. 460 & Human Servs. ............... 424 State v. Hardy ................... 146 Good Neighbors of Or. Hill Protecting State v. Harris ................... 162 Prop. Rights v. Cnty. State v. Holanek ................. 633 of Rockingham ................ 280 State v. Hoskins .................. 168 State v. Ingram ................... 173 Head v. Adams Farm Living, Inc. ... 546 State v. James ................... 188 Holliday v. Tropical Nut State v. Jordan ................... 464 & Fruit Co. ................... 562 State v. Lowe .................... 335 House of Raeford Farms, Inc. State v. Mangum ................. 202 v. N.C. Dep’t of Env’t ........... 294 State v. Oxendine ................ 216 State v. Purcell ................... 222 In re D.L.P. ...................... 597 State v. Rorie .................... 655 In re Estate of Pickelsimer ........ 582 State v. Saldierna ................. 347 In re J.A.U. ...................... 603 State v. Sullivan .................. 230 In re K.M.M. ..................... 25 State v. Thomsen ................. 475 In re M.A.E. ..................... 312 State v. Warren .................. 496 In re P.S. ........................ 430 State v. Williams ................. 361 In re Taylor ..................... 30 Stikeleather Realty & Invs. Co. Izydore v. Tokuta ................. 434 v. Broadway .................. 507 Jackson v. N.C. Dep’t of Com. Div. Thomas v. Williams ............... 236 of Emp’t Sec. ................. 328 Times News Publ’g Co. John Doe 200 v. Diocese of Raleigh . 42 v. Alamance-Burlington Bd. Juhnn v. Juhnn ................... 58 of Educ. ...................... 375 vii CASES REPORTED PAGE PAGE Total Renal Care of N.C., LLC v. N.C. Dep’t United Cmty. Bank v. Wolfe ........ 245 of Health & Human Servs. ...... 666 CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE Battle v. Meadowbrook Meat In re B.B.M.B. ................... 383 Co., Inc. ...................... 383 In re D.A.J. ...................... 251 Branch Banking & Tr. Co. In re G.B. ....................... 251 v. Simpson .................... 251 In re Gutowski ................... 251 Brock v. Johnson Breeders, Inc. .... 251 In re I.E.H. ...................... 251 Brownstead v. Brownstead ........ 251 In re J.A.K. ...................... 383 Byrd v. Watson ................... 251 In re J.G.R. ...................... 251 In re J.J. ........................ 251 Carter Neighbors Ltd. v. Edwin Rector In re Jerry’s Shell, LLC ............ 383 1995 Charitable Tr. ............. 678 In re K.L. ........................ 678 Charles v. Charles ................ 383 In re L.B.B. ...................... 678 In re N.C. ....................... 521 Denny v. Denny .................. 383 In re N.N.N. ..................... 521 Dominguez v. Francisco Dominguez In re N.R.C. ..................... 678 Masonry, Inc. ................. 383 In re N.T. ....................... 251 In re R.B.L. ...................... 383 E. Town Mkt., L.P. v. 550 In re S.D. ....................... 251 Foods, LLC . 383 In re T.F.L. ...................... 252 Easley v. TLC Cos. ............... 521 In re T.H. ....................... 384 Ellis v. Key City Furn., Inc. ........ 678 In re V.D. ....................... 678 In re Z.D.N.T. .................... 521 Fields v. Fields ................... 521 Jensen v. Jessamy ................ 384 Garrett v. Burris ................. 251 Jordan v. Jordan ................. 384 Greensboro Scuba Sch., LLC v. Robertson .................. 383 Kelly v. Ray of Light Homes, LLC . 252 Kohn v. FirstHealth of Hance v. First Citizens Bank Carolinas, Inc. ................ 252 & Tr. Co. ..................... 251 Hardison v. Goodyear Tire Louis v. Shrum ................... 521 & Rubber Co. ................. 521 Hester v. Hester .................. 383 Marsico v. New Hanover Cnty. Bd. of Educ. ...................... 384 In re A.C. ....................... 383 Moore v. Mohawk Indus., Inc. ...... 521 In re A.E.L. ...................... 383 In re A.W. ....................... 678 Newell v. James E. Rogers, P.A. .... 678 viii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE Odom v. Kelly ................... 521 State v. Ross ..................... 522 Overton v. Overton ............... 252 State v. Sellers ................... 522 State v. Sells ..................... 522 Porter v. Bearcat, Inc. ............. 252 State v. Silver .................... 385 Porter v. Bryant .................. 384 State v. Skinner .................. 522 State v. Smyre ................... 385 Quality Built Homes Inc. v. Town State v. Sorrell ................... 253 of Carthage ................... 521 State v. Stanley .................. 522 Richmond v. City of Asheville ...... 252 State v. Stitt ..................... 522 State v. Sullivan .................. 253 Shallotte Partners, LLC v. Berkadia Com. State v. Taylor ................... 253 Mortg., LLC ................... 252 State v. Ward .................... 522 Shoeheel Farms v. City State v. Weeks ................... 385 of Laurinburg ................. 521 State v. Wilkerson ................ 253 Simon v. Moore .................. 252 State v. Young ................... 679 Snoke v. Snoke .................. 252 State v. Alarcon .................. 678 Thompson v. Bank of Am., N.A. .... 523 State v. Armstrong ............... 252 Traber v. Bank of Am. ............. 523 State v. Badson .................. 384 Tyson v. N.C. Dep’t of Transp. ...... 523 State v. Benton .................. 678 State v. Brown ................... 678 Walker v. Holden Temporaries, Inc. ... 385 State v. Collington ................ 252 Ward v. Nucapital Assocs., Inc. ..... 385 State v. Davis .................... 252 Waters v. Peaks .................. 253 State v. Davis .................... 384 Welch v. Willey .................. 385 State v. Ford ..................... 252 Willis v. Willis .................... 385 State v. Fullard .................