State Court of Appeals / N.C. Ct. App.

Matter of Helms

Decided October 21, 1997. K Edward Greene wrote the opinion for the court.

491 S.E.2d 672 · Cited 306 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Matter of Montgomery · 316 S.E.2d 246
Quick v. Quick · 290 S.E.2d 653
Woodard v. Mordecai · 67 S.E.2d 639
Matter of Safriet · 436 S.E.2d 898
Plott v. Plott · 326 S.E.2d 863
State v. Wilson · 223 S.E.2d 311
Matter of Evans · 344 S.E.2d 325
Adcock v. Adcock · 316 S.E.2d 347
Matthews v. Prince · 369 S.E.2d 116

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In Re Everette · 514 S.E.2d 523
In Re the Foreclosure of a Deed of Trust Executed by Bass · 720 S.E.2d 18
In Re McLean · 521 S.E.2d 121
In Re the Foreclosure by Simpson · 711 S.E.2d 165
State v. Allen · 222 N.C. App. 707
In Re Hnd · 696 S.E.2d 783
In Re EP · 645 S.E.2d 772
In the Matter of Dd · 643 S.E.2d 83
In Matter of Gw · 688 S.E.2d 119
IN RE SDG · 609 S.E.2d 499
North Carolina State Bar v. Sossomon · 676 S.E.2d 910
In the Matter of Pr · 659 S.E.2d 490
IN THE MATTER OF JMH · 605 S.E.2d 742
In re C.M. · 644 S.E.2d 588
In re T.M. · 638 S.E.2d 236
In Re Stumbo · 582 S.E.2d 255
In re N.G. · 650 S.E.2d 45
In re H.L.A.D. · 646 S.E.2d 425
The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. Key · 658 S.E.2d 493
In re E.P. · 645 S.E.2d 772
In Re Smith · 552 S.E.2d 184
In re: J.M. & J.M. · 804 S.E.2d 830
In Re Ellis · 520 S.E.2d 118
Starr v. Gaston County Board of Education · 663 S.E.2d 322
In re M.A.I.B.K. · 645 S.E.2d 881

Explore from here

K Edward Greene’s Judicial Record · N.C. Ct. App. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).