MATTER OF WILKERSON

No. 8114DC598.

291 S.E.2d 182 (1982)

In the Matter of Calvin WILKERSON, a minor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester W. Owen, Durham County Atty. by Asst. County Atty. James W. Swindell, Durham, for petitioner-appellee.

Samuel Roberti, Durham, Guardian Ad Litem, appellee.

Lipton & Mills by Stuart S. Lipton, Durham, for respondents-appellants.


WHICHARD, Judge.

Respondents' primary contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support termination of parental rights pursuant to G.S. 7A-289.32(3), and that their motions to dismiss at the close of petitioner's evidence and of all the evidence thus should have been allowed. We disagree, and thus affirm.

G.S. 7A-289.32(3) permits termination of parental rights upon a finding that:

The parent has willfully left the child in foster care for...

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