
    In the MATTER OF: A.E.C.
    No. 82PA15-2
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    March 16, 2017
    Joyce L. Terres, Assistant Appellate Defender, for McCoy, James.
    Beth Hall, GAL Attorney Advocate, for GAL.
    Elizabeth Kennedy-Gurney, Attorney at Law, for Cumberland County DSS
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed by Petitioner on the 21st of November 2016 in this matter for a writ of certiorari to review the order of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 16th of March 2017."

Therefore the case is docketed as of the date of this order's certification. Briefs of the respective parties shall be submitted to this Court within the times allowed and in the manner provided by Appellate Rule 15(g)(2).  