MATTER OF L.W.S.

No. COA17-173.

804 S.E.2d 816 (2017)

In the MATTER OF: L.W.S.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: September 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chrystal S. Kay , for petitioner-appellee Burke County Department of Social Services.

Julie C. Boyer , for respondent-appellant father.

Poyner Spruill LLP, Rocky Mount, by Christopher S. Dwight for guardian ad litem.


Where respondent never presented the issue that he now raises on appeal to the trial court and completely failed to meet his burden of showing the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act apply to this case, we affirm.

The Burke County Department of Social Services ("DSS") initiated the underlying juvenile case on 1 May...

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