A biological father who squirreled away money for his daughter by making regular cash deposits into a lockbox he kept at his residence had not done enough to show that he had made reasonable provisions for the child’s support, and ...

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  The clock begins ticking for a biological parent to revoke consent to adoption of her child when the parent is provided an original or copy of the signed written consent, not when the consent is actually signed, the state ...

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In re Ivey (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-034-18, 16 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Haywood County District Court (Thomas Foster, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the biological mother did not indicate that she wanted to revoke her consent to ...

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In re Adoption of S.K.G. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-008-18, 17 pp.) (John Arrowood, J.) (Hunter Murphy, J., concurring in the result only without separation opinion) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Ned Mangum, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although the ...

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In re Adoption of C.H.M. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-225-16, 18 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Debra Sasser, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the mother repeatedly told respondent that he was not the father of ...

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Ojo v. Lynch (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-032-16, 18 pp.) (King, J.) No. 15-1138, Feb. 16, 2016; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit rejects the Board of Immigration Appeals’ new rule that refuses to recognize some nunc ...

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In re Baby Boy (Costin) (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0015, 10 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Margaret Eagles, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though our ruling in a related case finalized the adoption of Baby Boy ...

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Pate v. Perkins (In re Adoption of Robinson) (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0008, 16 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Lincoln County District Court (Anna Foster, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although the adoptive parents offered to allow the plaintiff-father to visit ...

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The biological father of a child whose mother never informed him of the pregnancy and listed a false name under the putative father section of the child’s adoption paperwork will not be able to challenge the adoption, the North Carolina ...

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  In re Adoption of S.D.W. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-0556, 22 pp.) (Robert Edmunds Jr., J.) (Barbara Jackson, J., joined by Robin Hudson & Cheri Beasley, JJ., dissenting) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Elizabeth Trosch, J.) On discretionary review ...

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