In Re STP

689 S.E.2d 223 (2010)

In the Matter of S.T.P.

No. COA09-1281.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 16, 2010.

Kathleen Arundell Widelski, Charlotte, for petitioner-appellee Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, Youth and Family Services.

Pamela Newell Williams, Raleigh, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem.

Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for respondent-appellant mother.

Janet K. Ledbetter, Hillsborough, for respondent-appellant father.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Closing a case file is not the equivalent of the trial court terminating its jurisdiction. The district court retained subject matter…