Supreme Court of North Carolina

In re B.B.

June 17, 2022

Summary

The Court affirmed the termination of respondent’s parental rights and the denial of her post-remand ineffective-assistance motion. It held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a substantively amended termination order after the appeal was noticed, but the original order was supported by neglect, respondent failed to show prejudice from denial of a continuance, and she failed to establish a reasonable probability that counsel’s alleged errors changed the outcome.