In re J.A.P.

STROUD, Judge.

Respondent-father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to his child. For the following reasons, we vacate the order.

Jack1 was born to petitioner-mother and respondent-father in June 2003 in New Jersey. A New Jersey court entered orders granting custody of Jack to petitioner-mother and requiring respondent-father to pay child support. Respondent-father last saw Jack in 2006, and respondent-mother and Jack moved to North Carolina in 2007. On 9 March 2009, petitioner filed a petition to terminate respondent-father’s parental rights in District Court, Guilford…