Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of S.K.N.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided December 4, 2012No. COA12-275PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.
Petitioners-appellants Nolan and Melissa Nance (“petitioners”) appeal from the trial court’s order concluding that the consent of respondent-appellee Herbert Wiley Sigmon, IV (“respondent”) is required for the adoption of his minor child, Steven1. After careful review, we affirm.
Background
The majority of the facts of this case are not in dispute and establish the following2: Before the birth of their child Steven, respondent and Carrie Godwin (“Ms. Godwin”) had cohabitated for more than nine years and produced two other children, but they never married. From November…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. LynnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2003