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holding that summons-related deficiency in TPR action implicated personal jurisdiction and thus could be waived by the parties
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Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 2008.
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. __, 662 S.E.2d 24 (2008), affirming a judgment and order entered 31 July 2007 by Judge Laura A. Powell in District Court, Rutherford County.
Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Dews, P.A., by James W. Goldsmith, Marion, for petitioner-appellee Rutherford County Department of Social Services.
Pamela Newell Williams, Raleigh, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.
Susan J. Hall, Fayetteville, for respondent-appellant father.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
Justice BRADY did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.