Court Opinion

ID: 9563755
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:46:15.237703+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:03.693771
License: Public Domain

Judge WEBB
dissenting.
I dissent. Our Supreme Court in Settle v. Beasley, 309 N.C. 616, 308 S.E. 2d 288 (1983), held that an action brought by a Department of Social Services under Article 3 of Chapter 49 of the General Statutes is a separate and distinct action from an action brought by the child or mother of the child. The plaintiff in this case is not an Indian and does not live on an Indian reservation. I do not believe the plaintiff is preempted in this case by any federal statute from suing an Indian in a state court.
I vote to reverse.