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affirming a trial court's dismissal of a neglect petition where "there was no substantial evidence of any connection between the substance abuse and domestic violence and the welfare of two children" (alteration in original)
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No. 298A07.
Filed December 7, 2007.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 183 N.C. App. 301, 645 S.E.2d 772 (2007), affirming an order filed on 6 January 2006 by Judge Wayne L. Michael in District Court, Alexander County. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 November 2007.
Thomas R. Young for petitioner-appellant Alexander County Department of Social Services, and Melanie Cranford for Guardian ad Litem. Wyrick Robbins Yates Ponton LLP, by K. Edward Greene and Tobias S. Hampson, for respondent-appellee mother, and Hartsell Williams, P.A., by Christy E. Wilhelm, for respondent-appellee father.
AFFIRMED.