In re J.A.U.

GEER, Judge.

*603Respondent appeals from an order terminating his parental rights to J.A.U. Because petitioner, J.A.U.'s maternal grandmother, lacked standing to file a petition to terminate respondent's parental rights, we vacate the trial court's order.

Facts

J.A.U. ("Jeffrey") was born in New York State in 2006 and moved to North Carolina with his mother, "Kayla," when he was six weeks old.1 Jeffrey and Kayla lived with petitioner when they first moved to North Carolina. In 2007 or 2008, Kayla took Jeffrey to Virginia, where she attended school. Beginning in around 2009, Kayla and Jeffrey lived…