MATTER OF K.S.

No. 60PA21.

868 S.E.2d 1 (2022)

2022-NCSC-7

In the MATTER OF: K.S.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed February 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Kuchyt for petitioner-appellant Cumberland County Department of Social Services; and Michelle FormyDuval Lynch for appellant Guardian ad Litem.

J. Thomas Diepenbrock , Asheville, for respondent-appellee mother.


¶ 1 When reviewing a lower court's order, the appellate court must be ever cognizant of the proper standard of review. Because we conclude the Court of Appeals failed to apply the proper standard of review, we vacate the decision below and remand to the Court of Appeals with instructions to conduct a de novo review.

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