IN RE HIGGINS

No. COA02-1265.

587 S.E.2d 77 (2003)

In re the Matter of William Brooks HIGGINS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade Hall, Asheville, for petitioner-appellant.

Donny J. Laws, Burnsville, for respondent-appellee.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a N.C. Gen.Stat. § 35A-1105 petition for adjudication of incompetence. Petitioner sought to have her brother, the respondent, declared incompetent.

At the time of the hearing, the respondent, William Brooks Higgins, was a seventy-six year old man who resided by himself in Yancey County. Petitioner is the respondent's sister, Linda Waldrep. Petitioner visited respondent at his home in late...

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