IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF COOKE

No. 7412SC1012.

214 S.E.2d 224 (1975)

25 N.C. App. 673

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Robert Cecil COOKE, III. Glenda Faye PEELE, Petitioner, v. Robert C. COOKE, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby G. Deaver, Fayetteville, for petitioner-appellee.

Henry L. Anderson, Jr., Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Since there must be a new trial we will refrain from a recital of the evidence and say only that the conflicting inferences and conclusions arising therefrom presented a close question for the jury. The errors at trial are, therefore, especially prejudicial to respondent.

The sole issue at trial was whether respondent had abandoned his child.

The questions of proper custody, the suitability of Sidney Peele as an adoptive parent and whether...

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