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IN RE O'NEAL

No. COA99-1164.

535 S.E.2d 620 (2000)

In the Matter of Sydney O'NEAL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Michael Spivey, Rocky Mount, for intervenor-appellant Robert O'Neal.

Kenneth D. Myers, Cleveland, OH, for appellees Ken and Carol Matonis; and Etheridge, Sykes, Britt & Hamlett, by J. Richard Hamlett, II, Nashville, for appellees Lauren Matonis and Christopher O'Neal.

HORTON, Judge.

Lauren Matonis and Christopher O'Neal are the birth parents of Sydney O'Neal, who was born on 23 February 1998 with heroin in her system. Sydney was declared to be a dependent child in the Edgecombe County District Court on 26 May 1998, and her legal custody placed with the Edgecombe County Department of Social Services (DSS). DSS placed the physical custody of the child with Velma Eatmon, who is a friend of the paternal grandfather of the child, appellant...

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