MATTER OF GODWIN

No. 767DC381.

228 S.E.2d 521 (1976)

31 N.C. App. 137

In the Matter of Michelle Lee GODWIN, minor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Paul Duffy, Jr., Rocky Mount, for petitioner-appellant.

Ezzell, Henson & Fuerst by James E. Ezzell, Jr., Rocky Mount, for respondents-appellees.


BRITT, Judge.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in concluding that there had been no "physical abuse or serious neglect" as required to terminate parental rights under G.S. 7A-288(4). We hold that it did not.

The statutory provision applicable to the present case is G.S. 7A-288(4) which provides that the court may enter an order terminating parental rights if the court finds: "That the parent has so physically abused or...

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