MATTER OF ADOPTION OF CARDO

No. 7826SC676.

255 S.E.2d 440 (1979)

41 N.C. App. 503

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF James Edwin CARDO.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farris, Mallard & Underwood by Ray S. Farris, Charlotte, for petitioner-appellee.

Hamel, Hamel, Welling & Pearce by Hugo A. Pearce III, Charlotte, for respondent-appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

The sole issue for trial was whether respondent had abandoned the child for six months immediately preceding the date the petition was filed, 20 June 1977. See G.S. 48-2(3a).

The respondent first contends that the trial court erred in allowing Jamie's mother to testify about his health. He argues that this testimony was irrelevant to the issue of whether Jamie had been abandoned and was prejudicial. Furthermore, he argues, the testimony...

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