In re O.E.M.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2021-NCSC-120 No. 471A20 Filed 29 October 2021 IN THE MATTER OF: O.E.M. Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7B-1001(a1)(1) from an order terminating respondent-father’s parental rights entered on 21 August 2020 by Judge Kimberly Gasperson-Justice in District Court, Transylvania County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 30 August 2021. No brief filed for petitioner-appellee Transylvania County Department of Social Services. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, by Rebecca C. Fleishman and Beth Tyner Jones, for appellee Guardian ad Litem. Richard Croutharmel for…