In re: D.A.S., E.D.S., U.J.R.S. — Permanency Planning Order Maintaining DSS Custody Confers Standing to File TPR Petition
The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that a permanency planning order expressly ordering that legal custody of the children “shall remain with” DSS constitutes a “custody order” under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1104(5), giving DSS standing to file termination-of-parental-rights petitions and conferring subject-matter jurisdiction on the district court.