MATTER OF KOWALZEK

No. 7711DC1027.

246 S.E.2d 45 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 364

In the Matter of Jeffery D. KOWALZEK.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Wilson, Sanford, for Lee County Department of Social Services.

J. Douglas Moretz, Sanford, for petitioner-appellant Elizabeth Kowalzek.

Hoyle & Hoyle by J. W. Hoyle, Sanford, for respondents-appellants Liendos.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Petitioner assigns as error the trial court's failure to award her immediate permanent custody of the child. In her brief petitioner contends that the trial court is powerless to award custody of an infant to a third party without finding as a fact that the natural parent is unfit to accept the responsibilities of custody, care and tuition of the child. We disagree.

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