KERNS v. SOUTHERN

No. 9021DC65.

397 S.E.2d 651 (1990)

100 N.C. App. 664

Frances Mosley KERNS and Lawrence Kerns, Plaintiffs, v. Janet SOUTHERN (formerly Janet Southern Williams and Janet Southern Kerns), Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolfe and Collins, P.A. by John G. Wolfe, III and Michael R. Bennett, Kernersville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Glover & Petersen, P.A. by James R. Glover, Chapel Hill, and Paul C. Shepard, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


LEWIS, Judge.

The issues before the Court in this case are these: 1) whether the trial court had jurisdiction to consider the custody of the defendant's children, 2) whether the trial judge erred when he placed the burden of proof on the custodial parent to show that the grandparents' visitation would be against the better interest of the children, and 3) whether the trial court judge made adequate findings of fact in his...

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