In re D.D.J.

GEER, Judge.

Respondent mother, A.J., appeals from an order terminating her parental rights with respect to her son D.D.J. and her daughter D.M.J. We hold that the trial court lacked jurisdiction because (1) the children were not in the custody of the Onslow County Department of Social Services at the time the petition to terminate A.J.'s parental rights was filed, and (2) the children were not "resid[ing] in" or "found in" North Carolina at that time. N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1101 (2005). We, therefore, vacate the trial court's order.

Factual and Procedural History

The children were adjudicated…