In re K.R.T.

ARROWOOD, Judge.

Respondent ("Father") appeals from the trial court's amended orders terminating his parental rights as to the juveniles "Kevin" and "Hayes"1 ("the children"). Because we conclude the trial court did not err in adjudicating grounds to terminate Father's parental rights for willfully abandoning the children under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(7) (2015), and gave due consideration to the dispositional factors in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1110(a) (2015), we affirm.

I. Background

Kevin and Hayes were born in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and have lived exclusively with their mother…