In re Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[t]he petitioner, within five days after filing the petition, shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first-class mail, copies of the notice and petition to the respondent's next of kin alleged in the petition[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 N.C. App. 145 - In re Winstead

2. “N.C.G.S. § 35A-1115 authorized [the petitioner] to appeal from the . . . order which resulted from the rehearing, and the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the superior court's dismissal of the appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 N.C. App. 145 - In re Winstead

3. “[biased on a purely literal reading of [N.C. Gen.Stat. § 351109], [the respondent] [was] correct in contending that he followed the required notice procedure.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 N.C. App. 145 - In re Winstead