In re M.S.A.
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court concluding that the parental rights of Father were subject to termination pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(7), holding that the trial court did not err.
For his sole point on appeal, Father argued that his involuntary lack of communication with his minor child from the start of the period of his incarceration through the private termination of the parental rights hearing could not serve as the basis for the court's conclusion that grounds existed to terminate his parental rights due to abandonment because the evidence did not support a finding that Father's failure to contact his child was willful. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that clear, cogent, and convincing evidence showed that Father admittedly ignored his ability to contact his daughter or her caretaker.
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