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Domestic Relations — Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – Motion to Continue
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//May 23, 2022//
Domestic Relations — Parent & Child – Termination of Parental Rights – Motion to Continue
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//May 23, 2022//
Even if the respondent-mother – who lived in Ohio – received only five days’ notice of the exact date the termination-of-parental-rights hearing was scheduled to occur (February 10, 2021), since she had known for months that the hearing would occur during the week of February 8, 2021, and since she has provided no specific reasons for her absence, respondent has not shown that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to once again continue this hearing that was already far beyond the 90-day period set by G.S. § 7B-1109(d).
We affirm the trial court’s termination of respondent’s parental rights.
In re L.A.J. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-060-22, 7 pp.) (Philip Berger, J.) Appealed from Gaston County District Court (John Greenlee, J.) No brief for petitioners or guardian ad litem; Leslie Rawls for respondent. 2022-NCSC-54
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