
    In the Matter of E.X.J. and A.J.J., minor children.
    No. 341A08.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    February 6, 2009.
    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. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 2008.
    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.  