MATTER OF A.P.

No. 145PA17.

812 S.E.2d 840 (2018)

In the MATTER OF: A.P.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed May 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Wunsche , GAL Appellate Counsel, for appellant Guardian ad Litem, and Keith Roberson, for petitioner-appellant Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, Youth and Family Services Division.

Anné C. Wright , Boone, for respondent-appellee mother.


In this case we consider whether the Juvenile Code mandates that a petition alleging a juvenile is abused, neglected, or dependent must be filed only by the director or authorized agent of the department of social services of the county "in which the juvenile resides or is found." Because we conclude that the legislature...

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