Skyping With Child Does Not Constitute Visitation.

In the case of In The Matter of T.R.T., the North Carolina Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in a child neglect case by ordering that respondent mother’s sole visitation with the minor child take place via Skype. The trial court did not find that respondent-mother forfeited her right to visitation or that visitation was not in the minor child’s best interest and communication via Skype is not visitation as contemplated by North Carolina law.