Riley v. Debaer

BRYANT, Judge.

The evidence presented at trial is summarized in this Court’s prior opinion, Riley v. DeBaer, 144 N.C. App. 357, 547 S.E.2d 831 (2001) (Riley I). Although neither party has disputed whether the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear this case, pursuant to remand from our Supreme Court, we now consider this issue. See Hedgepeth v. N.C. Div. of Servs. for the Blind, 142 N.C. App. 338, 341, 543 S.E.2d 169, 171 (2001) (stating that jurisdictional issues “can be raised at any time, even for the first time on appeal and even by a court sua sponte"f

The issue presented…