Legal Opinion
Matter of Baby Boy Scearce
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 1, 1986No. 8514DC755PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COZORT, Judge.
On 11 December 1984, the District Court of Durham County awarded legal custody of a 13-month-old baby boy to foster parents with whom the baby had been placed by the Durham County Division of Social Services (DSS) when the baby was two days old. DSS instituted this action in February of 1984 by filing a petition asking the court to take jurisdiction for the purposes of terminating the parental rights of the biological father, whose identity was then known only to the biological mother. The unwed 16-year-old biological mother had released the baby to DSS for adoptive placement…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & ReformSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Matter of ShueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
- State Ex Rel. East Lenoir Sanitary District v. City of LenoirSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
- Oxendine v. Catawba County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- In re H.L.A.D.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
- Bruggeman v. Meditrust Co., LLCCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
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