# In re Z.T.B.

> Court of Appeals of North Carolina · June 7, 2005 · 170 N.C. App. 564

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7394675

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of: Z.T.B., A Minor Child Burke County.
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of North Carolina
- **Decided:** June 7, 2005
- **Citations:** 170 N.C. App. 564; 613 S.E.2d 298
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Martin
- **Judges:** Jackson, Martin
- **Cited by:** 28 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that because the petitioner failed in the petition to set forth facts known to petitioner, or state that petitioner has no knowledge of facts, regarding the name and address of any judicially appointed guardian, or person or agency awarded custody of the child by a cou…
- holding that when defects in a petition raise a question of the trial court's subject matter jurisdiction over the action, the issue may properly be raised for the first time on appeal
- holding that “[t]he use of the word ‘shall’ by our Legislature has been held by this Court to be a mandate, and the failure to comply with this mandate constitutes reversible error”
- holding that when defects in a petition raise a question of the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction, the issue may properly be raised for the first time on appeal

## Opinion text

Chief Judge MARTIN dissenting.
Judge HUDSON concurs.

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