Title: In re J.Y. & N.Y.
Citation: 363 N.C. 370
Docket Number: 22A09
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: June 18, 2009

Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 22A09    
FILED: 18 JUNE 2009
IN THE MATTER OF J.Y., N.Y.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
unpublished decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals,
___ N.C. App. ___, 671 S.E.2d 595 (2008), affirming an order
dismissing a petition to terminate parental rights entered on 6
May 2008 by Judge John W. Dickson in District Court, Cumberland
County.  The case was calendared for argument in the Supreme
Court on 6 May 2009, but was determined on the briefs without
oral argument pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 30(f)(1). 
Elizabeth Kennedy-Gurnee, Staff Attorney, for
petitioner-appellant Cumberland County Department of
Social Services.
Beth A. Hall, Attorney Advocate, for appellee Guardian
ad Litem.
Richard Croutharmel for respondent-appellee mother.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in In re K.J.L., ___ N.C. ___,
___ S.E.2d ___, slip op. (June 18, 2009) (No. 37A09), we reverse
the Court of Appeals decision and remand this case to that court
for further remand to the trial court for further proceedings not
inconsistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.