Supreme Court of North Carolina

In the Matter Of: T.n.h.

August 16, 2019372 N.C. 403

Summary

The Court affirmed the termination of respondent mother's parental rights because the trial court's findings were supported by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence and established that she lacked the ability or willingness to provide Troy with a safe home. The Court held that the ground based on a prior involuntary termination of parental rights was independently sufficient, so it did not need to rely on the neglect ground. The trial court also made sufficient findings that termination was in Troy's best interests.