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Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – Abandonment – Law of the Case
Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//March 7, 2018//
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – Abandonment – Law of the Case
Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//March 7, 2018//
Holding: Despite this court’s previous reversal of a 2015 order terminating respondent’s parental rights on the basis of abandonment – which essentially gave respondent a second chance to assert her rights as a parent – she still did not have even minimal contact with the child. The law of the case doctrine does not prevent termination of respondent’s parental rights based upon her abandonment during the six months next preceding the filing of the second petition.
We affirm the trial court’s termination judgment.
In re K.C. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-086-18, 6 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Clay County District Court (Roy Wijewickrama, J.) James Blomeley Jr. for petitioner; J. Lee Gilliam for respondent. N.C. App.
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