Benson v. Benson

PENNY GORDON BENSON, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

TIMOTHY DWAYNE BENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

No. COA06-266

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed February 6, 2007

This case not for publication

C.R. "Skip" Long, Jr. for Defendant-Appellant.

No brief filed by Plaintiff-Appellee.

McGEE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a domestic violence protective order (DVPO) issued by the trial court on behalf of Plaintiff. Although the DVPO expired on 6 February 2006, we note that Defendant's appeal is not moot, in light of the "`stigma that is likely to attach to a person judicially determined to have committed…