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COUNTY OF DURHAM v. BURNETTE

No. COA17-557.

821 S.E.2d 840 (2018)

COUNTY OF DURHAM, BY AND THROUGH DURHAM DSS, ex rel: Sharon L. Wilson and Tiffany A. King, Plaintiff, v. Robert BURNETTE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: October 16, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the County Attorney, by Senior Assistant County Attorney Geri Ruzage , for plaintiff-appellee.

Mary McCullers Reece , Smithfield, for defendant-appellant.

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