Statutory Authority
"There is no inherent or inalienable right of appeal from an inferior court to a superior court or from a superior court to the [appellate division]." In re Halifax Paper Co., 259 N.C. 589, 592, 131 S.E.2d 441, 444 (1963).
"Our own Supreme Court has . . . held that the right to appeal in this state is purely statutory.'' State v. Joseph, 92 N.C. App. 203, 204, 374 S.E.2d 132, 133 (1988), cert. denied, 324 N.C. 115, 377 S.E.2d 241 (1989).
Among the statutes expressly providing for an appeal of right under certain circumstances are the following: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-277 (appeal from superior or district court); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-27 (appeals of right from courts of the trial divisions); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-29 (appeals of right from certain administrative agencies); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1001 (appeals of right in juvenile abuse, neglect, dependency proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2602 (appeals of right in juvenile delinquency proceedings); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1444 (appeal by a defendant in a criminal case); N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 15A-1432(e), -1445 (appeal by the State in a criminal case); and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 150B-52 (appeal in cases originating under the Administrative Procedure Act).