MATTER OF S.M.

No. 534A20.

869 S.E.2d 716 (2022)

2022-NCSC-42

In the MATTER OF: S.M.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed March 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC, Chapel Hill, by Derrick J. Hensley , for petitioner-appellee Durham County Department of Social Services.

Brendan A. Bailey and Ashley A. Edwards , Charlotte, for Guardian ad Litem.

Kathleen M. Joyce , for respondent-appellant mother.

Benjamin J. Kull , Raleigh, for respondent-appellant father.


¶ 1 Respondents appeal from the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to S.M. (Sarah).1 Respondents assert that the trial court erred in concluding it was in Sarah's best interests to terminate their parental rights. After careful review, we affirm the trial court's order.

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