In Re Brownlee

BRITT, Justice.

The present case brings before this court two principal questions for our consideration: (1) whether Wake County is entitled to appeal from the orders entered by Judge Bason; and (2) whether the district court was empowered to direct the county to provide care *546for respondent at the Brown Schools in Austin, Texas. These issues are separate and distinct. Accordingly, it is appropriate for us to examine each one independently of the other.

WAKE COUNTY’S RIGHT TO APPEAL

G.S. § 1-271 codifies the common law rule that “[a]ny party aggrieved may appeal in the cases prescribed in this…