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IN RE D.D.J.

No. COA05-903.

628 S.E.2d 808 (2006)

In the Matter of D.D.J., D.M.J., Minor Children.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy Goddard Strope, Jacksonville, for petitioner-appellee.

Richard E. Jester, Louisburg, for respondent-appellant.

M. Lynn Smith, Jacksonville, for guardian ad litem.

GEER, Judge.

Respondent mother, A.J., appeals from an order terminating her parental rights with respect to her son D.D.J. and her daughter D.M.J. We hold that the trial court lacked jurisdiction because (1) the children were not in the custody of the Onslow County Department of Social Services at the time the petition to terminate A.J.'s parental rights was filed, and (2) the children were not "resid[ing] in" or "found...

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