Court of Appeals of North Carolina December 4, 2007, No. COA07-662. (In re K.A.D.)

WYNN, Judge.

"Failure to issue a summons deprives the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction."1 In this case, Respondent-father argues that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of parental rights proceeding where no summons was issued to the juvenile. Because no summons was issued to the juvenile as required by N.C. Gen.Stat.