Court of Appeals of North Carolina October 15, 1985, No. 8510IC32 (Capps v. Standard Trucking Co.)

COZORT, Judge.

This appeal concerns whether the deceased employee’s stepchild, Robby Wayne Evans, is a “child” of the deceased within the meaning of G.S. 97-2(12) so as to clothe him with the conclusive presumption under G.S. 97-39 that he is “wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee” and, therefore, entitled to an equal share of the compensation under G.S. 97-38.