THOMAS F. DURHAM, SR., Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for CANDACE DURHAM, a Minor Child; DEBBIE SMITH, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for JUANITA PRIDGEN, a Minor Child, Petitioner v. ROBERT CARROLL DESSENBERGER, Respondent

No. 419A99

(Filed 3 March 2000)

Appeal by petitioner pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from an unpublished decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 134 N.C. App. 498,-S.E.2d-(1999), affirming an order of dismissal entered 18 February 1998 by Jones (Abraham Penn), J., in Superior Court, Durham County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 February 2000.

Roberti, Wittenberg, Lauffer & Wicker, RA., by R. David Wicker, Jr., for plaintiff-appellants.

Teague, Rotenstreich & Stanaland, L.L.P., by Steven B. Fox and Ian J. Drake, for defendant-appellee.