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        "text": "BRYANT, Judge.\nThis case comes before us on remand from the North Carolina Supreme Court for reconsideration of our decision in light of its holding in Rosero v. Blake, 357 N.C. 193, 581 S.E.2d 41 (2003) that the common law presumption in favor of awarding custody to the mother of an illegitimate child has been abrogated by statutory and case law. Id. at 199, 581 S.E.2d at 45; see N.C.G.S. \u00a7 50-13.2(a) (2001).\nIn the case sub judice, defendant-mother contended the trial court had erred by applying the best interest of the child standard in awarding joint custody of the parties\u2019 illegitimate children instead of using the common law presumption. This Court agreed with defendant and reversed and remanded the case based on what was then binding precedent established by the Court of Appeals in Rosero, which recognized the existence of the presumption in favor of the mother. David v. Ferguson, 153 N.C. App. 482, 571 S.E.2d 230 (2002); Rosero v. Blake, 150 N.C. App. 250, 563 S.E.2d 248 (2002). The Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision in Rosero, however, reversed the Court of Appeals decision and held that:\nthe father\u2019s right to custody of his illegitimate child is legally equal to that of the child\u2019s mother, and, as dictated by section 50-13.2, if the best interest of the child is served by placing the child in the father\u2019s custody, he is to be awarded custody of that child.\nRosero, 357 N.C. at 208, 581 S.E.2d at 50.\nHaving reconsidered David v. Ferguson in light of the above holding, we now conclude that the trial court applied the correct standard as between the parents of an illegitimate child. Accordingly, we reverse our initial holding and affirm the trial court\u2019s custody order.\nAffirmed.\nJudges McCULLOUGH and TYSON concur.",
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      "Deane, Williams & Deane, by Jason T. Deane, for plaintiff-appellee.",
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    "head_matter": "ROBERT ANTHONY DAVID, Plaintiff v. SHARON ALICIA FERGUSON, Defendant\nNo. COA02-84-2\n(Filed 19 August 2003)\nChild Support, Custody, and Visitation\u2014 custody \u2014 illegitimate child \u2014 best interest standard\nOn remand from the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals reconsidered David v. Ferguson, 153 N.C. App. 482, and held that the trial court had correctly applied the best interest of the child standard rather than the common law presumption in favor of the mother in awarding joint custody of the parties\u2019 illegitimate children.\nOn remand by order of the Supreme Court in David v. Ferguson, 357 N.C. 452,-S.E.2d-, remanding the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals in David v. Ferguson, 153 N.C. App. 482, 571 S.E.2d 230 (2002) for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s opinion in Rosero v. Blake, 357 N.C. 193, 581 S.E.2d 41 (2003). Case originally appealed by defendant from order entered 21 June 2001 by Judge Christopher W. Bragg in Richmond County District Court.\nDeane, Williams & Deane, by Jason T. Deane, for plaintiff-appellee.\nHenry T Drake for defendant-appellant."
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