MATTER OF D.M.O.

No. COA16-575.

794 S.E.2d 858 (2016)

In the MATTER OF: D.M.O.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: December 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Wood Vann , Durham, for petitioner-appellee father.

Appellate Defender Glenn Gerding , by Assistant Appellate Defender Joyce L. Terres , for respondent-mother.

No brief filed for guardian ad litem.


Respondent-mother appeals from the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to D.M.O. ("David")1 on the ground of abandonment. We vacate and remand.

I. Background

Respondent-mother and petitioner-father are the biological parents of David. The parties resided together...

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