In re E.F.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 14A20 Filed 14 August 2020 IN THE MATTER OF: E.F., I.F., H.F., Z.F. Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7B-1001(a1)(1) from an order entered on 12 September 2019 by Judge Stephen Higdon in District Court, Union County. This matter was calendared for argument in the Supreme Court on 29 July 2020 but determined on the record and briefs without oral argument pursuant to Rule 30(f) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure. Perry, Bundy, Plyler & Long, LLP, by Ashley J. McBride and Dale Ann Plyler, for petitioner-appellee Union County Division of…