PATRICK v. WAKE COUNTY DHS

No. COA07-824.

655 S.E.2d 920 (2008)

Michael W. PATRICK, Guardian Ad Litem and Guardian of the Estate of J.D., Minor Child, Plaintiff, v. WAKE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, a North Carolina Agency; Maria Spaulding, In Her Official Capacity as Director of Wake County Department of Human Services; John Webster, In His Capacity as Child Protective Services Supervisor for Wake County Department of Human Services; V. Anderson King, In Her Capacity as Child Protective Services Supervisor for Wake County Department of Human Services; Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holtkamp Law Firm, by Lynne M. Holtkamp, Chapel Hill, plaintiff-appellant.

Wake County Attorney's Office, by Scott W. Warren and Corinne G. Russell, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


TYSON, Judge.

J.D., through her Guardian ad litem Michael Patrick ("plaintiff"), appeals the trial court's order granting Wake County Department of Human Services, Maria Spaulding, John Webster, and V. Anderson King's (collectively "defendants") motion for summary judgment and denying plaintiff's motion to compel discovery. We affirm.

I. Background

On 23 August 2001, a physician reported a case of suspected child abuse to defendants...

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