Supreme Court of North Carolina

In re J.N. & L.N.

May 6, 2022

Summary

The Court affirmed the decision that respondent-father waived his constitutional challenge to the guardianship because he did not raise the challenge in the trial court. Constitutional protection of a parent's custodial interest does not eliminate the ordinary preservation requirement for appellate review. The court emphasized that respondent had notice of the proposed guardianship and an opportunity to assert that it would violate his parental rights.