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IN RE MELTON

No. 167.

74 S.E.2d 926 (1953)

237 N.C. 386

In re MELTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. T. Jones, Jr., Forest City, for the petitioner, appellant.

Joseph C. Whisnant, Shelby, for the respondent, appellee.

ERVIN, Justice.

We must forego a decision on the merits. Under G.S. § 110-21, subd. 3, the juvenile branch of the superior court has exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases wherein the custody of an infant under sixteen years of age is the subject of the controversy except (1) in cases between undivorced parents living in a state of separation, G. S. § 17-39, or (2) where there is an action for divorce, in...

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