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IN THE MATTER OF N.C.H.

No. 463A08.

678 S.E.2d 658 (2009)

In the Matter of N.C.H., G.D.H., D.G.H.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Frye, III, Staff Attorney, for petitioner-appellee Davidson County Department of Social Services, and Laura B. Beck, Attorney Advocate, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Don Willey, for respondent-appellant mother.

Annick Lenoir-Peek, Assistant Appellate Defender, for Office of the Appellate Defender, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

The result reached by the Court of Appeals is affirmed. However, in light of our opinion in In re J.T. (I), 363 N.C. 1, 672 S.E.2d 17 (2009), the following language from the Court of Appeals' opinion is specifically disavowed: "[S]ervice [of the summons] on the guardian ad litem constitutes service on the juvenile, which is sufficient to establish subject matter jurisdiction when combined with naming the juvenile...

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