254 N.C. App. 401 - In re: D.E.M.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The trial court's findings show that Mother unilaterally ceased her court-ordered visitation with D.E.M. in December of 2013 and made no further effort to preserve her relationship with D.E.M. Viewed against this history, the evidence of Mother's ongoing failure to visit, contact, or provide for D.E.M. from 8 September 2015 to 8 March 2016 allows a reasonable inference that she acted willfully.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re K.R.T.

2. “Mother's failure to even attempt to show affection for her child through her limited options was evidence that the child had been abandoned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re K.R.T.

3. “[t]he North Carolina Supreme Court has recognized a trial court's authority to waive the N.C.G.S. § 48-2-301(a) requirement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re A.L.Z.