IN RE K.A.D.

No. COA07-662.

653 S.E.2d 427 (2007)

In re K.A.D. a minor child.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold O. Jones, II, Goldsboro, for petitioners-appellees.

Betsy J. Wolfenden, Snow Hill, for respondent-appellant.


WYNN, Judge.

"Failure to issue a summons deprives the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction."1 In this case, Respondent-father argues that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of parental rights proceeding where no summons was issued to the juvenile. Because no summons was issued to the juvenile as required by N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1106(a) (2005), we must vacate the order terminating Respondent...

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