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IN RE ADOPTION OF DAUGHTRIDGE

No. 747SC1055.

212 S.E.2d 519 (1975)

25 N.C. App. 141

In re ADOPTION OF Thomas Cameron DAUGHTRIDGE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleveland P. Cherry, by Will H. Lassiter, III, Rocky Mount, for petitioners-appellants.

Taylor, Brinson & Aycock, by William W. Aycock, Jr., Tarboro, for respondent-appellee.

MORRIS, Judge.

The adoption of children is purely a statutory procedure and "[t]he only procedure for the adoption of minors is that prescribed by G.S. Chapter 48. `Adoption shall be by a special proceeding before the clerk of the superior court.' G.S. 48-12. A superior court judge has no jurisdiction in adoption proceedings except upon appeal from the clerk. See G.S. 48-21 and G.S. 48-27." In Re Custody of Simpson, 262 N.C. 206, 210...

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