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IN RE CLARK

No. 136.

281 S.E.2d 47 (1981)

In re Kim CLARK, a minor child.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Revelle, Burleson, Lee & Revelle by L. Frank Burleson, Jr., Murfreesboro, for petitioner-appellant.

Jenkins & Jenkins by Robert C. Jenkins, Ahoskie, guardian ad litem for respondent-appellee Kim Clark, a minor child.

Gram & Baker by Ronald G. Baker, Ahoskie, guardian ad litem for respondent-appellee Vernice Clark, a minor parent.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., amicus curiae by Blackwell M. Brogden, Jr., Associate Atty., Raleigh.

MEYER, Justice.

At issue in this case is the constitutionality of Subsection (4) of G.S. § 7A-289.32 which permits the termination of the parental rights of a parent when the child has been placed in the custody of a county department of social services and the parent, for a continuous period of six months next preceding the filing of the petition, has failed to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of care for the child. We find no constitutional defect in G...

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