MATTER OF LASSITER

No. 7914DC80.

259 S.E.2d 336 (1979)

43 N.C. App. 525

In the Matter of William L. LASSITER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Russell Odom, Durham, for petitioner-appellee.

Benjamin A. Currence, Durham, for respondent-appellant.


ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it did not appoint counsel to represent the indigent respondent in this proceeding to terminate respondent's parental rights in her child. We conclude that the trial court did not commit error.

There is no question but that there is a fundamental right to family integrity protected by the U.S. Constitution. See Quilloin v. Walcott,<...

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