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M.E. v. T.J.

No. COA18-1045.

854 S.E.2d 74 (2020)

M.E., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T.J., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: December 31, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharff Law Firm, PLLC, by Amily McCool , and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Inc., by Emily E. Seawell and Irena Como , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lorin J. Lapidus , Winston-Salem, court appointed amicus curiae.

Governor Roy A. Cooper, III , and Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Deputy Solicitor General Ryan Y. Park , for North Carolina Department of Justice, amicus curiae.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by Sarah M. Saint , Greensboro, and Eric M. David , Raleigh, and Equality NC, by Ames B. Simmons , for North Carolina LGBTQ+ Non-Profit Organizations, amici curiae.

Womble Bond Dickinson, by Amalia Manolagas , Kevin Hall , Durham, pro hac vice, and Allen O'Rourke , Charlotte, Legal Aid of North Carolina, by Celia Pistolis , Raleigh, Amy Vukovich , and Elyisa Prendergast-Jones , and North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, by Sherry Honeycutt Everett , for Legal Aid of North Carolina, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and several local domestic violence support organizations, amici curiae.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

A. Introduction

M.E. ("Plaintiff") and T.J. ("Defendant") were in a dating relationship that did not last. Plaintiff decided the relationship had reached its end and, on 29 May 2018, Plaintiff undertook the difficult task of informing Defendant that their...

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