64 N.C. App. 135 - In Re Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2016
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matter of Moore · In Re Clark · 53 N.C. App. 373 - Matter of Peirce · 50 N.C. App. 332 - In Re Biggers · 58 N.C. App. 322 - Matter of Allen
Most-quoted passages
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“'Very early in our jurisprudence, it was recognized that there could be no law if knowledge of it was the test of its application. Too, that [the] respondent did not know that fatherhood carries with it financial duties does not excuse his failings as a parent; it compounds them.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“apparent from the pleadings and assignments of error that [the appellants'] reliance from the outset has been on the unconstitutionality of the statutes proceeded under, rather than on any evidence of their's or any weakness in the petitioner's evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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