IN RE PITTMAN

No. COA01-991.

564 S.E.2d 899 (2002)

In re James Oliver PITTMAN, A Minor Child, DOB: 10-02-00.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nash County Department of Social Services, by Jayne B. Norwood, and Guardian Ad Litem Program, by Attorney Advocate Judith L. Kornegay, for petitioner-appellees.

Etheridge, Sykes, Britt & Hamlett, L.L.P., by J. Richard Hamlett, II, Tarboro, and Massengill & Bricio, P.L.L.C., by Francisco J. Bricio, Cary, for respondent-appellants.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

James Pittman ("the father") and Lekeshia Harris ("the mother") appeal from the trial court's order adjudicating their son, James Oliver Pittman, to be a neglected juvenile and ordering disposition of the custody of the child. The sole issue on appeal is whether an order signed by a judge after her term had expired is a valid order. After careful consideration of the record and briefs, we vacate the...

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