In re M.C.T.B.
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the issues identified by Mother's counsel in a no-merit brief as arguably supporting an appeal were meritless.
Petitioner, Mother's material grandmother, filed a private action to terminate Mother's parental rights alleging grounds for termination under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3). After a hearing, the trial court terminated that grounds existed to terminate Mother's parental rights due to neglect and her failure to pay a reasonable portion of costs of the child's care and that it was in the best interests of the child that Mother's parental rights be terminated. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court's order was supported by clear and convincing evidence and was based on proper legal grounds.
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