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MATTER OF LAMBERT

No. 7926DC723.

264 S.E.2d 379 (1980)

46 N.C. App. 103

In the Matter of Gerald Lee LAMBERT, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & McNair by William H. McNair and Frederick W. B. Vogel, Charlotte, for Mecklenburg County.

Hasty, Waggoner, Hasty, Kratt & McDonnell by Robert D. McDonnell, Charlotte, guardian ad litem.

WELLS, Judge.

Appellant Mecklenburg County raises two basic questions for our review. The first challenges the authority of the trial court to place Gerald Lee in Alexander's Children's Center for an indefinite stay at the County's expense. The essence of the County's argument is that the trial court did not properly balance the interest of the child and the interest of the State in considering "available resources" for placement, and that the statutory scheme does...

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