IN RE MOORE

No. 702DC267.

174 S.E.2d 135 (1970)

8 N.C. App. 251

In re Amy Hope MOORE, a minor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frazier T. Woolard, Washington, for petitioner appellant.

Wilkinson & Vosburgh, by John A. Wilkinson, Washington, for respondent appellee.


BRITT, Judge.

Petitioner contends that the trial court erred in signing the order appealed from, arguing that its error was in "failing to act in the best interests" of the minor and in refusing to place the minor with her two sisters in the home of petitioner. We think the trial court erred but for reasons other than those argued.

The following legal principles regarding child custody have been well established in this jurisdiction for many years:

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