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ADOPTION OF CLARK BY CLARK v. JONES

No. 8328SC427.

313 S.E.2d 284 (1984)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Antionette Diane CLARK by Neil Sidney CLARK and Marie Ann Parson Clark v. Lynn Lusk JONES.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Riddle, Shackelford & Hyler, P.A. by John E. Shackelford, Asheville, for petitioners, appellees.

Anderson & McDowall, P.A. by William D. McDowall, Jr., Asheville, for respondent, appellant.

HEDRICK, Judge.

Respondent assigns error to the court's conclusion of law that she "willfully abandoned" her child.

N.C.Gen.Stat. Sec. 48-2(1)a in pertinent part provides: "For the purpose of this Chapter, an `abandoned child' shall be any child who has been willfully abandoned at least six consecutive months immediately preceding institution of an action or proceeding to declare the child to be an abandoned child." "A child has been `willfully abandoned'...

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