In Re Prevatt

The statute creating Juvenile Courts in North Carolina as separate parts of the Superior Court contains these provisions: “The Superior Courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of any case of a child less than sixteen years of age, residing in or being at the time within their respective districts: 1. Who is delinquent. . . .; 2. Who is neglected . . .; 3. Who is dependent upon public support, or who is destitute, homeless or abandoned, or whose custody is subject to controversy.” C. S., 5039; S. v. Burnett, 179 N. C., 735, 102 S. E., 711. While the act confers general jurisdiction…