Court of Appeals of North Carolina June 21, 2016, No. COA15–1153. (In re M.A.W.)

CALABRIA, Judge.

*53Respondent-appellant ("father") of the juvenile M.A.W. ("Mary")1 APPEALS FROM AN ORDEr terminating his parental rights. we reverse.

On 11 March 2013, New Hanover County Department of Social Services ("DSS") filed a petition alleging that Mary was a neglected juvenile. DSS alleged that Mary's mother ("L.W.