MATTER OF J.M.

No. COA16-265.

797 S.E.2d 305 (2016)

In the MATTER OF: J.M. A.C. and R.S-C., Petitioners, v. S.F.M. and D.N.G., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: October 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheri C. Patrick , Durham, for petitioners-appellees.

Appellate Defender Glenn Gerding , by Assistant Appellate Defender J. Lee Gilliam , for respondent-appellant mother.

No brief filed for guardian ad litem.


Respondent-mother appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her minor child, J.M. ("Jacob").1 Because the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the termination proceeding, we vacate the order.

On 24 January 2012, one day after Jacob was born, the Durham County Department...

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