State v. Killian

WHICHARD, Judge.

A warrant issued 23 December 1981 charged defendant with, on that date, willfully neglecting and refusing to provide adequate support for his illegitimate child, a violation of G.S. 49-2. The warrant alleged that the child was born on 9 September 1981, and that defendant’s “refusal and neglect to provide adequate support and maintain the child continued after due notice and demand was made upon him on September 9, 1981 and on March 12, 1981 and January 12, 1982 by Registered Mail . . . .”

Violation of G.S. 49-2 is a misdemeanor. None of the exceptions in G.S. 7A-271(a) applied;…