Case Name: In the MATTER OF: A.W.
Court: Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2019-02-19
Citations: 823 S.E.2d 172
Docket Number: No. COA18-877
Parties: In the MATTER OF: A.W.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 823
Pages: 172–172

Head Matter:
In the MATTER OF: A.W.
No. COA18-877
Court of Appeals of North Carolina.
Filed: February 19, 2019
No brief for petitioner-appellee New Hanover County Department of Social Services.
Miller & Audino, LLP, Greenville, by Jay Anthony Audino, for respondent-appellant mother.
Paul W. Freeman, Jr., Wilkesboro, for guardian ad litem.

Opinion:
MURPHY, Judge.
Respondent appeals an order adjudicating A.W. as a neglected juvenile. Respondent's appellate counsel filed a no-merit brief pursuant to Rule 3.1(d) stating that, after a conscientious and thorough review of the record on appeal, he has concluded that the record contains no issue of merit on which to base an argument for relief. N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(d). Appellate counsel provided Respondent with copies of the no-merit brief, trial transcript, and record on appeal and advised her of her right to file a brief pro se with this Court; however, Respondent did not exercise her right to file a pro se brief. Accordingly, no issues have been argued or preserved in accordance with the Rules of Appellate Procedure. In re L.V. , - N.C. App. -, -, 814 S.E.2d 928, 929 (2018) ; In re I.B. , - N.C. App. -, -, - S.E.2d -, - (No. COA18-608) (detailing "settled rules of interpretation [that] support a conclusion that we are not required to conduct an independent review of the record under the text of Rule 3.1(d) as it is written").
DISMISSED.
Report per Rule 30(e).
Judge HUNTER, Jr. concurs.
Chief Judge McGEE dissents in a separate opinion.