In re V.B. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-07-0160, 10 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Rickye McKoy-Mitchell, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Since the trial court found that paternity had been established, and since the petition did not ...

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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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Michael Jordan has asked a Georgia court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by a woman who says the NBA hall of famer is the father of her 16-year-old son.

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State ex rel. Davis v. McCommons A mother was receiving public assistance from Union County Child Support Enforcement for the support and maintenance of her minor child. Therefore, the State of North Carolina – through Union County Child Support Enforcement – had standing to institute proceedings against defendant as the responsible parent under G.S. Art. 9, Chap. 110.

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In re J.K.C. The respondent-father’s name on the children’s amended birth certificates creates a rebuttable presumption that he has legitimated them. Since the guardian ad litem failed to rebut that presumption, respondent’s parental rights were not subject to termination based on a failure to legitimate. We affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the petition to terminate respondent’s parental rights.

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In re C.D. An incarcerated father, whose paternity was eventually established by genetic testing, loses his parental rights because he failed to legitimate the child before DSS petitioned to terminate his parental rights. We affirm . . .

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Smith v. Flatfoot Concrete Construction. When documents show that a mother has told social service agencies that her children do not receive support from their father and that their father is unknown, and when there is little evidence the deceased . . .

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Helms v. Landry. (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-16-9643, 7 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court. (Christy T. Mann, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiff’s failure to have a summons issued in this custody/paternity matter did not ...

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