IN RE D.M.

No. COA10-1280.

712 S.E.2d 355 (2011)

In the Matter of D.M.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for petitioner-appellee.

Pamela Newell , Raleigh, for appellee-guardian ad litem.

Lisa Skinner Lefler , Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.


STROUD, Judge.

Respondent-father appeals from a permanency planning order which granted permanent custody of his daughter to her maternal grandmother. For the following reasons, we reverse.

I. Background

On 9 April 2009, Orange County Department of Social Services ("DSS") filed a juvenile petition alleging eight-year-old Dana1 was neglected and dependent. Prior to the filing...

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