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MATTER OF CUSTODY OF ROOKER

No. 799DC121.

258 S.E.2d 828 (1979)

43 N.C. App. 397

In the Matter of The CUSTODY of Theodore Davis ROOKER and Tammy Jo Rooker, Minors.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry, Kittrell, Blackburn & Blackburn by George T. Blackburn, II, Henderson, for petitioner-appellant.

Banzet & Banzet by Julius Banzet, III, Warrenton, for respondent-appellee.

HILL, Judge.

"A final decree of adoption for life terminates the relationship between the natural parents and the child, and the natural parents are divested of all rights with respect to the child." (Emphasis added.) G.S. 48-23. Rhodes v. Henderson, 14 N.C. App. 404, 188 S.E.2d 565 (1972).

Hence, the position of the petitioner is no greater than that of a stranger to the...

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