IN RE PIERCE

No. 647A01.

565 S.E.2d 81 (2002)

In the Matter of Kristina Taylor Lindsey PIERCE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Talbutt, Wilmington, for petitioner-appellant, New Hanover County Department of Social Services.

R. Clarke Speaks, Wilmington, for respondent-appellee, Dawn A. Cole.

Ruthanne Southworth, Guardian ad Litem by Attorney Advocate, Regina Floyd-Davis, Wilmington, appellant.


ORR, Justice.

The New Hanover County Department of Social Services, petitioner, appeals from a Court of Appeals decision concluding that Dawn A. Cole, respondent, had made reasonable progress in correcting the conditions that led to the removal of her minor child from the family home. We affirm.

This appeal arises out of a dispute between DSS and Ms. Cole over the custody of Ms. Cole's daughter, Kristina Taylor Lindsay Pierce. At the time of her birth, on...

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