Hobbs ex rel. Winner v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources

HUNTER, Judge.

The record in this case tends to show that the adult plaintiffs, Kemesha and Michael Hobbs (“plaintiffs”), applied and became licensed to be foster parents in Wake County in the spring of 1993. *414The licensing process was rather involved. Plaintiffs filled out considerable paperwork and provided information about themselves and their family life, including information about their daughter, Michelae, who was two-years-old at the time. Staff members of the Wake County Department of Social Services (“Wake County DSS”) made an evaluation visit to the plaintiffs’ home and met young…