IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 54A16 Filed 23 September 2016

IN THE MATTER OF: C.L.S.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 781 S.E.2d 680 (2016), affirming an order entered on 4 March 2015 by Judge J.H. Corpening, II in District Court, New Hanover County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 29 August 2016.

Jennifer G. Cooke for New Hanover County Department of Social Services, petitioner-appellee; and Ellis & Winters LLP, by Steven A. Scoggan, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

David A. Perez for respondent-appellant father.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.