In Re DBJ

678 S.E.2d 778 (2009)

In the Matter of D.B.J.

No. COA09-320.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 2009.

James N. Freeman, Jr. for Yadkin County Department of Social Services, Elkin, Petitioner-Appellee.

Robert W. Ewing, Winston-Salem, for Respondent-Appellant.

Pamela Newell Williams, Raleigh, for Guardian Ad Litem.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Respondent is the father of D.B.J., a child born of a relationship between Respondent and the child's mother (Mother). D.B.J. is the youngest of Mother's three children. D.B.J.'s maternal half siblings are a brother (Brother) and a sister (Sister). All three of…