NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS REPORTS VOLUME 241 5 MAY 2015 16 JUNE 2015 RALEIGH 2018 CITE THIS VOLUME 241 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 ........................ 1-658 Headnote Index ....................................... 659 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 130 of Chatham, LLC v. Rutherford Elec. N.C. Ass’n of Educators, Inc. Membership Corp. ............. 1 v. State of N.C. ................ 284 N.C. State Bar v. Scott ............ 477 Adcox v. Clarkson Bros. Nicks v. Nicks ................... 487 Constr. Co. ................... 178 Anderson v. Seascape at Holden Oltmanns v. Oltmanns ............ 326 Plantation, LLC ............... 191 Short v. N.C. Dep’t of Health Branch Banking & Tr. Co. v. Peacock & Human Servs. ............... 338 Farm, Inc. .................... 213 Simmons v. Waddell .............. 512 Stancill v. Stancill ................ 529 Campbell v. Campbell ............. 227 State v. Bishop ................... 545 State v. Chavez .................. 562 Desmond v. News & Observer State v. Duffie ................... 88 Publ’g Co. .................... 10 State v. English .................. 98 State v. Fennell .................. 108 Fintchre v. Duke Univ. ............ 232 State v. Godbey .................. 114 Frampton v. Univ. of N.C. at State v. Hargett .................. 121 Chapel Hill ................... 401 State v. Harper ................... 570 Funderburk v. JPMorgan Chase State v. Hicks .................... 345 Bank, N.A. .................... 415 State v. Holt ..................... 577 State v. Jones .................... 132 In re A.G.M. ..................... 426 State v. Kiselev .................. 144 In re A.L.T. ...................... 443 State v. Leak ..................... 359 In re D.L.W. ..................... 32 State v. Mackey .................. 586 In re Foreclosure by Rogers Townsend State v. Maldonado ............... 370 & Thomas, PC ................. 247 State v. Martin ................... 602 In re Foreclosure of Garvey ....... 260 State v. Mims .................... 611 In re J.W. ....................... 44 State v. Smith .................... 619 In re M.K. ....................... 467 State v. Surratt ................... 380 In re P.A. ........................ 53 Stikeleather Realty & Invs. Co. In re Vienna Baptist Church ....... 268 v. Broadway .................. 152 Isenberg v. N.C. Dep’t of Commerce ................. 68 Taylor v. Howard Transp., Inc. ..... 165 Larsen v. Black Diamond French Warren v. Warren ................. 634 Truffles, Inc. .................. 74 Wells v. City of Wilmington ........ 640 Larsen v. Susan Rice Truffle Wilner v. Cedars of Prods. LLC ................... 79 Chapel Hill, LLC ............... 389 Malone v. Barnette ............... 274 Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Bondhu, LLC ................ 81 vii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE Bledsoe v. Bledsoe ............... 175 In re M.L.B. ..................... 656 In re M.S. ....................... 172 CommunityOne Bank, N.A. In re N.A.F. ...................... 656 v. Boone Station Partners, LLC .. 175 In re Osteyee-Hoffman ............ 399 Cooper v. Cameron ............... 172 In re Rivera ..................... 399 Cornett v. Cornett ................ 175 In re Sutton ..................... 175 Crabtree v. EVP Props., LLC ....... 172 In re T.A.P. ...................... 175 Crosby v. Select Portfolio In re T.E.B. ...................... 175 Servicing, Inc. ................. 655 Integon Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Mooring ... 172 Davis v. McCoy .................. 655 King v. Pender Cnty. .............. 656 Dep’t of Transp. v. Riddle .......... 399 Lawson v. Lawson ................ 399 Elam v. William Douglas Leonard v. Transylvania Cnty. Dep’t Mgmt., Inc. ................... 175 of Soc. Servs. ................. 656 Est. of Tipton v. High Point Univ. ... 655 Luciano v. Wyatt ................. 175 Ferguson v. Hawkins ............. 175 Mavilla v. Absolute Collection Serv. 172 Friscia v. Bank of Am., N.A. ........ 399 Miller v. Miller ................... 656 Frye v. Frye ..................... 175 Mkt. Am., Inc. v. Lin .............. 656 George v. Cooper ................ 172 N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety v. Tucker . 399 Graham v. Jenkins . 172 N.C. State Bar v. Gilbert ........... 172 Green-Hayes v. Handcrafted Homes, LLC .................. 655 O’Neal v. Inline Fluid Power, Inc. ... 176 Griffin v. Reichard ................ 655 Griffith v. Hovis .................. 655 Pope v. City of Albemarle ......... 399 Hassell v. Hassell ................. 655 Roseboro v. Roseboro ............ 399 Hobco Auto Sales, Inc. v. Dew ..... 175 Huggins v. Marlatex Corp. ......... 172 Scheerer v. Fisher ................ 399 Sheppard v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth Cnty. In re A.D.F. ...................... 655 Bd. of Educ. .................. 656 In re A.E. ....................... 655 Smith v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety .. 176 In re A.G.A. ..................... 655 State v. Andrews ................. 399 In re A.L.P. ...................... 655 State v. Bailey ................... 173 In re A.L.T. ...................... 655 State v. Barnes ................... 176 In re A.M.B. ..................... 656 State v. Belcher .................. 656 In re A.P. ........................ 656 State v. Berry .................... 173 In re C.E.N. ..................... 175 State v. Bolick ................... 173 In re C.J. ........................ 655 State v. Branch .................. 173 In re D.A.C. ..................... 172 State v. Bryant ................... 173 In re E.B. ....................... 656 State v. Clyburn .................. 173 In re I.L-M. ...................... 172 State v. Coleman ................. 399 In re J.C. ........................ 175 State v. Davis .................... 176 In re L.S. ........................ 172 State v. Denny ................... 656 In re Lall ........................ 172 State v. Draughn ................. 656 viii CASES REPORTED WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS PAGE PAGE State v. Faison ................... 657 State v. Robertson ................ 174 State v. Farrow .................. 657 State v. Robinson ................ 174 State v. Featherstone ............. 657 State v. Robinson ................ 176 State v. Fowler . 657 State v. Robinson ................ 400 State v. Furr ..................... 657 State v. Rumley .................. 177 State v. Gomez ................... 173 State v. Shaw .................... 657 State v. Goodwin ................. 657 State v. Smith ................... 657 State v. Graham .................. 173 State v. Smith .................... 657 State v. Grissett .................. 176 State v. Spikes ................... 657 State v. Hammonds ............... 173 State v. Spry ..................... 174 State v. Hoyle .................... 173 State v. Sturdivant ................ 174 State v. Jefferies ................. 173 State v. Sutphin .................. 400 State v. Johnson ................. 173 State v. Sykes .................... 177 State v. King ..................... 399 State v. Thomas .................. 177 State v. Lowery .................. 399 State v. Vales .................... 658 State v. Mack .................... 173 State v. Walker ................... 658 State v. Markham ................ 657 State v. West ..................... 174 State v. McKenzie ................ 176 State v. Williams ................. 174 State v. McKinney ...............