North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors v. Federal Trade Commission

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• explaining that, in dispositional phase of abuse, neglect, and dependency proceeding, a trial court may consider reports by GAL but may not broadly incorporate the reports as court's findings of fact since court must independently make findings
• reversing the trial court's dispositional order where the trial court merely incorporated DSS reports and failed to make the findings of fact required by N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-507(b)
• reversing the trial court’s dispositional order where the trial court merely incorporated DSS reports and failed to make the findings of fact required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-507(b)
• “[I]t is well settled that a constitutional issue not raised in the lower court will not be considered for the first time on appeal.” (quotations and citation omitted)
• “[I]t is well settled that a constitutional issue not raised in the lower court will not be considered for the first time on appeal.” (quotations and citation omitted)
• adjudication and disposition linked and adjudication not final until after disposition

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