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Matter of Evans

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 17, 1986No. 8514DC1020PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECTON, Judge.

Respondent Helen Evans seeks the reversal of a district court order finding her seven-year-old daughter, Natasha Evans, to be dependent and neglected within the meaning of N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 7A-517 (1981), removing the child from the mother’s care and placing legal and physical custody of Natasha in the Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS). We vacate and remand.

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On 12 July 1984, the DSS filed a petition alleging that Natasha was dependent and neglected and obtained a non-secure custody order. On 26 February 1985, a full hearing on the merits was held. The district…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re BiggersCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
  2. In Re PhiferCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  3. Matter of BadzinskiCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Matter of HelmsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
  2. Matter of NicholsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994
  3. In re K.J.D.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  4. PL v. Johnson County Department of Public Assistance & Social ServicesWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
  5. In re E.H.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013

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