# Matter of Moore

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · July 13, 1982 · 306 N.C. 394

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9587976

## Case

- **Full name:** In THE MATTER OF CONNIE MARIE MOORE and DONNIE LEE MOORE, Minors
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** July 13, 1982
- **Citations:** 306 N.C. 394; 293 S.E.2d 127; 1982 N.C. LEXIS 1454
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Mitchell
- **Judges:** Mitchell, Carlton, Meyer
- **Cited by:** 198 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that an appealed order should be affirmed when any IN RE L.D., A.D. 2022-NCSC-40 Opinion of the Court one of the grounds found by the trial court is supported by findings of fact based on clear, cogent, and convincing evidence
- holding that an appealed order should be affirmed when any of the grounds for termination upon which the trial court relied are supported by findings of fact based on clear, cogent, and convincing evidence
- stating that, "[i]f either of the three grounds aforementioned is supported by findings of fact based on clear, cogent and convincing evidence, the order appealed from should be affirmed"
- holding that an appealed order should be affirmed when any one of the grounds found by the trial court is supported by findings of fact based on clear, cogent, and convincing evidence
- affirming a trial court’s determination that a parent’s parental rights were subject to termination for failure to make reasonable progress where the “respondent left the children in foster care for more than four years,” “did not visit or communicate with them or make any ser…

## Opinion text

Justice Mitchell
concurring.
I share Justice Carlton’s view that, when neglect is to be used as a statutory ground for terminating parental rights, a finding of neglect must be based on conduct reasonably close in time to the filing of the petition to terminate. I disagree with the majority view on this point only.
I concur in the opinion of the majority as it relates to the two remaining statutory grounds for termination of parental rights relied upon by the trial court. As either of these two grounds is adequate standing alone to support the judgment of the trial court, I also concur in the result reached by the majority.
Justice MEYER joins in this concurring opinion.

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