White v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs.
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Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 140A24
Filed 23 May 2025
ELIZABETH and JASON WHITE
v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FORSYTH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, and CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) (2023) and on discretionary review
pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals,
293 N.C. App. 797 (2024), reversing an order entered on 16 September 2022 by Judge
William Long in Superior Court, Forsyth County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 16
April 2025.
Tiffany B. Massie for petitioner-appellants.
Jeff Jackson, Attorney General by Adrian W. Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent-appellee Department of Health and Human Services.
Erica Glass for respondent-appellee Forsyth County Department of Social Services.
Michele G. Smith for respondent-appellee Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Inc.
PER CURIAM.
Petitioners Elizabeth and Jason White appealed the decision of the Court of
Appeals that held the superior court erred when it reversed the Department of Health
and Human Services’ decision to deny adoption assistance benefits to petitioners. See WHITE V. N.C. DEP’T OF HEALTH & HUM. SERVS.
Opinion of the Court
White v. N.C. Dep’t of Health & Hum. Servs., 293 N.C. App. 797, 810 (2024). Having
considered the opinion of the Court of Appeals, the record and briefs, and the oral
arguments, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reason stated in
that decision. See id. at 803–10.
The Court cannot identify any differences between the issues presented in the
notice of appeal and the issues presented in the petition for discretionary review.
Thus, we conclude that the petition for discretionary review was improvidently
allowed.
AFFIRMED; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
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