MATTER OF D.S.

No. COA18-104.

817 S.E.2d 901 (2018)

In the MATTER OF: D.S.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: July 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Associate County Attorney Marc S. Gentile for petitioner-appellee Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, Youth and Family Services Division.

David A. Perez , Thomasville, for respondent-appellant father.

Stephen M. Schoeberle for guardian ad litem.


Respondent-father appeals from an order appointing M.G. ("Ms. Green"), an unrelated individual, as guardian for his minor child, D.S. ("Diana"). The trial court granted guardianship of Diana to a non-relative without explaining why it declined to give placement preference to Diana's paternal grandmother. The court's order is vacated...

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