OXENDINE v. CATAWBA COUNTY DEPT. OF SOC. SERVICES

No. 71.

281 S.E.2d 370 (1981)

Hayden P. OXENDINE and wife, Dorothy W. Oxendine v. CATAWBA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudisill & Brackett by J. Richardson Rudisill, Jr., Hickory, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas W. Warlick, Sigmon & Sigmon by W. Gene Sigmon, Newton, for defendant-appellee.


COPELAND, Justice.

Plaintiffs raise several issues on appeal which have substantial impact on the procedure to be followed in seeking to adopt a child voluntarily surrendered to a county department of social services pursuant to G.S. 48-9(a)(1). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the conclusions reached by the Court of Appeals.

We first address the question of whether Judge Ferrell erred in granting defendant's motion to consolidate plaintiffs' custody...

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