In re K.A.D.

WYNN, Judge.

"Failure to issue a summons deprives the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction."1 In this case, Respondent-father argues that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of parental rights proceeding where no summons was issued to the juvenile. Because no summons was issued to the juvenile as required by N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1106(a) (2005), we must vacate the order terminating Respondent-father's parental rights.

K.A.D., the juvenile, was born on 12 June 2003. Shortly after birth, the Wayne County Department of Social Services ("DSS") took K.A.D.…