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JAMES WILLIAMS v. CHRISTOPHER VONDERAU
No.  18A07
FILED:  7 DECEMBER  2007
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S.  §  7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals,  181 N.C.
App.  18,  638 S.E.2d  644  (2007), dismissing as moot an appeal from
an order entered  25 August  2005 by Judge Shelly S. Holt in
District Court, New Hanover County.    Heard in the Supreme Court
12 April  2007.
Ja                                                                      iams, pro se, plaintiff-appellee.
Bruce Mason and Associates, by James F.
Rutherford and Bruce A. Mason, for defendant-
appellant.
PER CU
RIAMlip Opinion
On the issue of whether more than one incident of
harassment is required before a trial court can enter a civil no-
contact order under N.C.G.S.  §  50C-1(6), the members of the Court
are equally divided, with three members voting to affirm and
three members voting to reverse.    Accordingly, the decision of
the Court of Appeals is affirmed without precedential value.    See
State v. Harrison,  360 N.C.  394,  627 S.E.2d  461  (2006); Crawford
v. Commercial Union Midwest Ins. Co.,  356 N.C.  609,  572 S.E.2d
781  (2002).
The decision of the Court of Appeals that an appeal
related to a civil no-contact order is moot once the order
expires is reversed.    See In re A.K.,  360 N.C.  449,  628 S.E.2d
753  (2006).
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.




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Justice HUDSON did not participate in the consideration
or decision of this case.

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