Court of Appeals of North Carolina, 1983

Davie County Department of Social Services ex rel. Brown v. Jones

Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Decided May 3, 1983 · Arnold, Hedrick, Vaughn

62 N.C. App. 142; 301 S.E.2d 926; 1983 N.C. App. LEXIS 2799

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Opinion of the Court

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

This is an action seeking support of a minor child. Paternity is at issue. The court entered an order directing defendant to submit to a blood grouping and comparison test pursuant to G.S. 8-50.1, and defendant gave notice of appeal from that order.

An order to submit to a blood grouping test pursuant to G.S. 8-50.1 is interlocutory. No appeal lies from an interlocutory order that does not affect a substantial right. An order to submit to a blood grouping test does not, in this case, affect a substantial right. We are, therefore, required to dismiss the appeal. Love v. *143Moore, 305 N.C. 575, 291 S.E. 2d 141 (1982); Bailey v. Gooding, 301 N.C. 205, 270 S.E. 2d 431 (1980).

Appeal dismissed.

Judges Hedrick and Arnold concur.

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