Supreme Court of North Carolina

In re N.W.

July 15, 2022

Summary

The Court affirmed dismissal of the mother's petition to terminate the father's parental rights for willful abandonment. It held that the trial court's findings, including the father's child-support payments, efforts to register the Kentucky custody order, compliance with reunification recommendations, and efforts to obtain contact with the children, supported the conclusion that he had not willfully abandoned them during the six months preceding the petition. No separate opinions were filed.