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MATTER OF LYNETTE H.

No. 8710DC1255.

368 S.E.2d 452 (1988)

In the Matter of LYNETTE H., a minor child.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Associate Atty. Gen. Gerald M. Swartzberg, Raleigh, for petitioner-appellant.

Elisabeth P. Clary, Raleigh, for respondent-appellee.

ARNOLD, Judge.

In North Carolina a minor is entitled to the constitutional safeguards of due process in a civil commitment hearing. In re Long, 25 N.C. App. 702, 214 S.E.2d 626, cert. denied, 288 N.C. 241, 217 S.E.2d 665 (1975). This Court stated in Long:

It matters not whether the proceedings be...

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