IN RE ADOPTION OF SLOOP

No. 8019SC511.

272 S.E.2d 611 (1980)

In re: Adoption of Wendi Jo SLOOP.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Saunders, Salisbury, for petitioner appellees.

Williams, Willeford, Boger, Grady & Davis by Samuel F. Davis, Jr., Concord, for respondent appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

We note at the outset that adoptions are permitted only upon the statutory procedures set out in Chapter 48 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Adoption is by a special proceeding before the Clerk of Superior Court. G.S. 48-12. In re Custody of Simpson, 262 N.C. 206, 136 S.E.2d 647 (1964). If the order of the trial judge "that the child be placed with Petitioners for the...

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