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IN RE STRATTON

No. COA01-1528.

571 S.E.2d 234 (2002)

In the Matter of Spencer STRATTON, DOB: 4/14/84; Isaiah Stratton, DOB: 10/01/85; Solomon Stratton, DOB: 3/20/89; Tanna Stratton, DOB: 8/24/90; Rachel Stratton, DOB: 4/19/92; Simon Stratton, DOB: 3/01/94; Michelle Stratton, DOB: 8/24/95; Maria Stratton, DOB: 9/06/96; Stephanie Stratton, DOB: 10/28/97; and Leah Stratton, DOB: 7/02/99, Minor Children.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for appellant-mother.

Rick D. Lail, Charlotte, for appellant-father.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Garth A. Gersten and Karen Ousley, guardians ad litem.

Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, by Associate County Attorney Tyrone C. Wade, for petitioner-appellee.

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Jack and Cathy Stratton ("appellants") appeal from the trial court's order requiring that their children be immunized. Appellants assign error to the trial court's order that the children be vaccinated in contravention of their parents' bona fide religious beliefs. Appellants allege that the order violated their constitutional rights and exceeded the court's authority. After careful review, we disagree and affirm.

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