MATTER OF BYRD

No. 8425DC593.

324 S.E.2d 273 (1985)

In the Matter of Yavonka BYRD, a Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whisnant, Simmons & Groome by H. Houston Groome, Jr., and Fred D. Pike, Lenoir, for petitioner-appellee.

Carroll D. Tuttle, Granite Falls, for respondents-appellants.

No brief for guardian ad litem, Beverly T. Beal.


EAGLES, Judge.

The trial court terminated the parental rights of respondents pursuant to G.S. 7A-289.32(2) and (4). We find that although parental rights were validly terminated pursuant to G.S. 7A-289.32(2), the evidence and findings did not support a termination under G.S. 7A-289.32(4). A valid finding of one of the statutorily enumerated grounds is sufficient to support an order terminating parental rights. In re Pierce, 67 N.C. App. 257,

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