NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS REPORTS VOLUME 227 7 MAY 2013 4 JUNE 2013 RALEIGH 2016 CITE THIS VOLUME 227 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 ........................ 1-651 Headnote Index ....................................... 653 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 J. DOUGLAS McCULLOUGH ANN MARIE CALABRIA CHRIS DILLON RICHARD A. ELMORE MARK DAVIS MARTHA GEER RICHARD D. DIETZ LINDA STEPHENS JOHN M. TYSON DONNA S. STROUD LUCY INMAN ROBERT N. HUNTER, JR. VALERIE J. ZACHARY 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. JAMES C. FULLER JAMES H. CARSON, JR. K. EDWARD GREENE J. PHIL CARLTON RALPH A. WALKER BURLEY B. MITCHELL, JR. HUGH B. CAMPBELL, JR. HARRY C. MARTIN ALBERT S. THOMAS, JR. E. MAURICE BRASWELL LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS WILLIS P. WHICHARD ALAN Z. THORNBURG DONALD L. SMITH PATRICIA TIMMONS-GOODSON CHARLES L. BECTON ROBIN E. HUDSON ALLYSON K. DUNCAN ERIC L. LEVINSON SARAH PARKER JOHN S. ARROWOOD ELIZABETH G. McCRODDEN JAMES A. WYNN, JR. ROBERT F. ORR BARBARA A. JACKSON SYDNOR THOMPSON CHERI BEASLEY JACK COZORT CRESSIE H. THIGPEN, JR. MARK D. MARTIN ROBERT C. HUNTER JOHN B. LEWIS, JR. LISA C. BELL CLARENCE E. HORTON, JR. SAMUEL J. ERVIN, IV JOSEPH R. JOHN, SR. SANFORD L. STEELMAN, JR.1 ROBERT H. EDMUNDS, JR. 1 Retired 30 June 2015 v Clerk DANIEL M. HORNE, JR. Assistant Clerk SHELLEY LUCAS EDWARDS2 OFFICE OF STAFF COUNSEL Director Leslie Hollowell Davis Assistant Director David 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 2 1 January 2016 vi CASES REPORTED PAGE PAGE Adams Creek Assocs. v. Davis ..... 457 Reo Props. Corp. v. Smith ......... 298 Allred v. Exceptional Revolutionary Concepts, Inc. Landscapes, Inc. ............... 229 v. Clements Walker PLLC ....... 102 Russell v. N.C. Dep’t of Env’t Bigelow v. Town of Chapel Hill ..... 1 & Natural Res. ................ 306 Blitz v. Agean, Inc. ............... 476 Booth v. State ................... 484 Smallwood v. Smallwood .......... 319 Smith v. City of Fayetteville ........ 563 Diamond v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Cty. State Health Plan for Teachers Bd. of Educ. .................. 17 & State Emps. v. Barnett ........ 114 State v. Bean .................... 335 Erie Ins. Exch. v. Builders Mut. State v. Bell ..................... 339 Ins. Co. ...................... 238 State v. Burrow .................. 568 Estate of Ray v. Forgy ............ 24 State v. Cathcart ................. 347 State v. Caudill ................... 119 Fulmore v. Howell ................ 31 State v. Coleman ................. 354 State v. Davis .................... 572 Highland Paving Co., LLC State v. Facyson ................. 576 v. First Bank . 36 State v. Gardner .................. 364 Hinkle v. Hinkle .................. 252 State v. Gentry ................... 583 Howard v. Cty. of Durham ......... 46 State v. Gerald ................... 127 State v. Greenlee ................. 133 In re A.K.D. ..................... 58 State v. Heavner ................. 139 In re A.R. ....................... 518 State v. Hernandez ............... 601 In re Bunch ..................... 258 State v. Hill ...................... 371 In re C.W.N. ..................... 63 State v. Ingram ................... 383 In re D.A.H.-C. ................... 489 State v. King ..................... 390 In re E.H. ....................... 525 State v. Leach .................... 399 In re Foreclosure of Young ........ 502 State v. Macon ................... 152 In re I.K. ........................ 264 State v. Marley ................... 613 In re J.P. ........................ 537 State v. Norman .................. 162 In re L.G.I. ...................... 512 State v. Phillips .................. 416 In re Suttles Surveying, P.A. ........ 70 State v. Primus ................... 428 In re V.C.R. ...................... 80 State v. Rogers ................... 617 State v. Thomas .................. 170 Johnson v. Forsyth Cnty. .......... 276 State v. Threadgill ................ 175 Johnson v. Robertson ............. 281 State v. Tindall ................... 183 State v. Torres-Gonzalez ........... 188 King v. Town of Chapel Hill ........ 545 State v. Tucker ................... 627 State v. Vaughn .................. 198 Ludlum v. State .................. 92 State v. Webb .................... 205 State v. Williams ................. 209 N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Smith ...................... 288 Ussery v. Branch Banking Nunn v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety ... 95 & Tr. Co. ..................... 434 Redd v. WilcoHess, L.L.C. ......... 293 Woodring v. Woodring ............ 638 vii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE Anderson v. Sodexo .............. 454 In re H.S. ....................... 648 Anway v. Silver Creek In re J.B. ........................ 224 Cmty. Prop. ................... 648 In re J.K.T. ...................... 224 Arbona v. Williams ............... 224 In re J.M. ....................... 648 In re J.P. ........................ 225 Barbee v. Transit Mgmt. of In re J.R. ........................ 649 Charlotte, Inc. ................. 648 In re K.A.T.B. .................... 454 Bartlett v. Wayne Cty. Bd. of Educ. ... 224 In re K.C. ....................... 454 Bernhardt v. N.C. State In re K.C. ....................... 648 Highway Patrol ................ 648 In re K.M. ....................... 649 Bledsoe v. Bledsoe ............... 224 In re L.D.W. ..................... 649 Booe v. Booe .................... 454 In re L.M.W. ..................... 454 In re M.D.M.M. ................... 454 Carolina Builders, Inc. v. Bible In re R.J.M. ...................... 649 Way Cmty. Dev. Corp. .......... 224 In re R.L.M. ..................... 225 Consoli v. Global Supply In re T.A.D. ...................... 649 & Logistics, Inc. ............... 454 In re V.C.B. ...................... 225 Couchon v. N.C. DOT ............. 648 Covington v. Serv. Corp. Int’l ....... 454 Krupinski v. Forrest .............. 454 Davis v. Chase Home Fin., LLC ..... 648 Leake v. N.C. Dep’t of Corr. ........ 454 Edwards v. Hackney .............. 224 Mancuso v. City of Durham ........ 225 Embrace Us, Inc. v. Guilford Ctr. McNeill v. McNeill ................ 454 for Behavioral Health .......... 224 Metts v. Parkinson ............... 225 Minar v. Murray .................. 649 FIA Card Serv., N.A. v. Ashworth ... 224 Nall Farm Road, LLC v. Watson .... 225 Holmes v. Wake Cnty. ............. 648 HPT IHG Props. Trust Odugba v. Odugba ................ 225 v. Shaw Group, Inc. ............ 454 Huff v. CBS Quality Cars, Inc. ...... 648 Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, P.A. v. DiMichele-Manes ............ 225 In re A.C. ....................... 225 In re A.J.W. ...................... 648 Richardson v. PCS Phosphate In re A.T.I. ...................... 649 Co., Inc. ...................... 455 In re C.H. ....................... 649 Roberts v. Huckabee .............. 455 In re C.S.E. ...................... 224 In re D.K. ....................... 649 Sasso v. Statesville Flying In re D.L.B. ...................... 648 Serv., Inc. ..................... 455 In re D.L.C. ...................... 648 Scheerer v. Fisher ................ 225 In re E.C.M. ..................... 648 Simpson v. Avila ................. 649 In re E.L.R. ...................... 224 Snider v. Snider .................. 455 In re E.M. ....................... 649 State Bd. of Exam’rs of Plumbing, Heating In re Foreclosure of Radisi ........ 649 & Fire v. Kanupp .............. 225 In re Foster ..................... 454 State v. Adams ................... 225 In re G.R. ....................... 224 State v. Allen .................... 225 viii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE State v. Anderson ................ 226 State v. McCray .................. 651 State v. Bajja .................... 650 State v. McCullers ................ 455 State v. Bass ..................... 650 State v. McLaurin ................ 227 State v. Benfield.................. 650 State v. McLean .................. 227 State v. Black .................... 650 State v. Murchison ............... 227 State v. Brown ................... 226 State v. Narron ................... 227 State v. Brown ................... 650 State v. Price .................... 227 State v. Bynum ................... 226 State v. Rhodes .................. 651 State v. Caldwell ................. 650 State v. Rivas-Batres .............. 455 State v. Corbett .................. 226 State v. Robinson ................ 649 State v. Dash .................... 650 State v. Rojas .................... 651 State v. Daviau ................... 649 State v. Rorie .................... 456 State v. Davis .................... 226 State v. Salgado .................. 456 State v. Davis .................... 650 State v. Sanders .................. 228 State v. Dickens .................. 226 State v. Shaw .................... 456