In Re Moore

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Petitioner’s first assignment of error is directed at the order of the trial judge consolidating the case involving the custody of Amy Hope Moore with the case involving the custody of her two older sisters, Vickie Ann Moore and Sandra Annette Moore. There is no merit in this assignment of error. Rule 42 (a) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

“When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending in one division of the court, the judge may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all of the matters in issue in the actions; he may order all…