Legal Opinion

In Re Biggers

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided January 20, 1981No. 8019DC447PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAUGHN, Judge.

Respondent urges reversal of the judgment on two bases: the unconstitutionality of G.S. 7A-289.32 and the insufficiency of the evidence to permit the termination of parental rights under the statute. We disagree with respondent’s contentions on both points and affirm.

At the outset, we must consider the inconsistency appearing in conclusion of law number three in which Judge Warren stated that grounds for termination existed “under G.S. 7A-289.32, subsections (1) and (3), as amended by Chapter 669 of the 1979 Session Laws____” Since the amendment repealed subsection (1) of the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. United States v. PetrilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Morey v. DoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Coble v. CobleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  2. Matter of MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  3. In Re ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  4. In Re NesbittCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001
  5. Matter of PierceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984

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