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ROUSE v. FORSYTH COUNTY DEPT. OF SOC. SVCS.

No. 1PA19.

838 S.E.2d 390 (2020)

Teressa B. ROUSE, Petitioner, v. FORSYTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed February 28, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot Morgan Parsonage, PLLC, by Benjamin P. Winikoff , Robert M. Elliot , Winston-Salem, and J. Griffin Morgan , Winston-Salem, for petitioner-appellant.

Office of Forsyth County Attorney, by Assistant County Attorney Gloria L. Woods , for respondent-appellee.

Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte, by John W. Gresham , and Edelstein & Payne, Raleigh, by M. Travis Payne , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

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