In the Interest of: M.B. Appeal of: N.C.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating “because there can be collateral consequences to a finding of dependency, it is excepted from the mootness doctrine”
• “As a general rule, an actual case or controversy must exist at all stages of the judicial process, or else a case will be dismissed as moot.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).