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FORD v. PADDOCK

No. COA08-1012.

674 S.E.2d 689 (2009)

Ronald E. FORD, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Sean Paddock (formerly known as Sean Ford), decedent, Plaintiff, v. Johnny PADDOCK, and wife Lynn Paddock; Wake County Department of Human Services; Maria F. Spaulding, in her capacity as Director of the Wake County Department of Human Services; Warren Ludwig, in his capacity as Wake County Director of Child Welfare and Mental Health; and Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, PA, by Karen M. Rabenau, Jerome P. Trehy, Jr. and Jesse H. Rigsby, IV, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Mills, PA, by David F. Mills, Smithfield, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bailey & Dixon, LLP, by David S. Coats and J.T. Crook, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc.

Office of the County Attorney, by Assistant County Attorneys Lucy Chavis and Roger A. Askew, and County Attorney Scott W. Warren, for defendant-appellants Wake County Department of Human Services, Maria F. Spaulding, and Warren Ludwig.

Paul A. Meyer, Raleigh, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, Amicus Curiae.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where some part of plaintiff's cause of action arose in Johnston County, the trial court did not err in denying defendants' motions to transfer venue.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In January 2003, the Wake County Department of Human Services ("WCHS") assumed custody of Sean Ford ("the minor child"). In the fall of 2004, WCHS partnered with Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. ("CHS"), a private child placement...

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