SPEAGLE v. SEITZ

No. 32PA01.

557 S.E.2d 83 (2001)

354 N.C. 525

William SPEAGLE, and wife, Derene Speagle, v. Christy Lynette Holland SEITZ.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sigmon, Clark, Mackie, Hutton, Hanvey & Ferrell, P.A., by Forrest A. Ferrell and Stephen L. Palmer, Hickory; and Long, Parker, Warren & Jones, P.A., by Robert B. Long, Jr., Asheville, for plaintiff-appellants.

Ruldolf Maher Widenhouse & Fialko, by Thomas K. Maher, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellee.


LAKE, Chief Justice.

The question presented for review in this case is whether the trial court was correct in determining defendant lost her constitutionally protected status as a parent and in applying the "best interests of the child" analysis under the circumstances in this case. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court, holding there was no evidence of "conduct inconsistent" with defendant's protected status at the time of trial or at any time soon before...

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