DAVID N. v. JASON N.

No. 294A04.

608 S.E.2d 751 (2005)

359 N.C. 303

DAVID N. and Deborah N. v. JASON N. and Charla B.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth Arrowood, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellants.

The Sutton Firm, P.A., by April Burt Sutton, Candler, for defendant-appellee Jason N.


LAKE, Chief Justice.

In this custody case, the question presented for review is whether the trial court's finding that defendant Jason N. is a fit and proper person to care for the minor child, J.L.N., precludes its conclusion of law that defendant waived his constitutionally protected status as a natural parent based upon his conduct of abandonment and neglect.

The Court of Appeals' majority reversed the trial...

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