In re N.W.

Summary

The Supreme Court of North Carolina affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the mother’s petition to terminate the father’s parental rights, finding that she failed to prove the statutory element of willful abandonment under N.C.G.S. §7B-1111(a)(7). The court held that the trial court’s factual findings were supported by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence and that the petition was properly dismissed.