Opinion · Supreme Court of North Carolina
In re M.A.L.
359 N.C. 321
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- Date
- 2005-03-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding where a finding of fact is essentially a conclusion of law, it will be treated as a conclusion of law which is reviewable de novo on appeal
- reversal of a permanency planning order where trial court failed to consider placement with paternal grandmother, despite her testimony at the hearing that she wanted and was able to care for the child
- "[I]f a finding of fact is essentially a conclusion of law it will be treated as a conclusion of law which is reviewable on appeal." (citations, internal quotation marks, ellipses, and brackets omitted)
Citator
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Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 1st day of February 2005 by Respondent (Roger L.) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 3rd day of March 2005."