Matter of Wilkerson

WHICHARD, Judge.

Respondents’ primary contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support termination of parental rights pursuant to G.S. 7A-289.32(3), and that their motions to dismiss at the close of petitioner’s evidence and of all the evidence thus should have been allowed. We disagree, and thus affirm.

G.S. 7A-289.32(3) permits termination of parental rights upon a finding that:

The parent has willfully left the child in foster care for more than two consecutive years without showing to the satisfaction of the court that substantial progress has been made within two years in…