McINTOSH v. McINTOSH

No. 7421DC48.

202 S.E.2d 804 (1974)

20 N.C. App. 742

Arlene Polly Easter Manns Richardson McINTOSH, Petitioner for the Adoption of Kenith Lee McIntosh and Keith Allen McIntosh v. Janet Rae McINTOSH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Crumpler by Michael J. Lewis, Winston-Salem, for petitioner appellee.

Randolph & Randolph by Clyde C. Randolph, Jr., Winston-Salem, for respondent appellant.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

The respondent's primary exception is to the failure of the trial judge to instruct the jury that the willful abandonment must have existed for at least six months immediately preceding the institution of the action.

The respondent concedes that the definition of "abandonment" in the charge is acceptable except on one point. There was no instruction that abandonment had to be found to have occurred continuously for a period of six months immediately...

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