Legal Opinion
In re of A.K.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 5, 2006No. 139PA05PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Justice.
Respondent appeals from the Court of Appeals’ decision dismissing as moot his appeal from a trial court order adjudicating his daughter as neglected. We address whether a parent’s appeal from a neglect adjudication is rendered moot if the minor child is returned to the parent’s custody during the pendency of the appeal.
*451Respondent is the father of two young daughters: A.K. and C.A.K. The older daughter, C.A.K., was bom 11 January 2002. Several weeks after the child’s birth, both parents brought her to the emergency room with injuries that, according to her treating physicians,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Fiswick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Matter of MontgomerySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
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