In re A.A.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCSC-66 No. 441A20 Filed 17 June 2022 IN THE MATTER OF: A.A. Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7B-1001(a1)(1) (2019) from an order entered on 12 August 2020 by Judge Marion Boone in District Court, Surry County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 5 October 2021. James N. Freeman Jr. for petitioner-appellee. No brief for appellee Guardian ad Litem. Peter Wood for respondent-appellant mother. MORGAN, Justice. ¶1 In this private termination of parental rights case, we consider issues of the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction and its substantive…