Legal Opinion

In re K.B.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 6, 2016No. COA16-155PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DIETZ, Judge.

Respondent is the mother of Karen and Lisa.1 Respondent appeals from a permanency planning order and guardianship order that granted custody to the children's maternal grandmother, allowed Respondent limited visitation, and ceased further permanency planning hearings.

As explained below, the trial court's findings, and the corresponding evidence in the record, are insufficient to verify that the maternal grandmother had "adequate resources" to care appropriately for the children, as the applicable statute requires. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1(j). We must therefore vacate the trial…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re J.E.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  2. In re C.M.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re: B.H.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021

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