
    In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF: C.H.M., a Minor Child
    No. 297PA16
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    March 16, 2017
    Michael S. Harrell, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for Morris, Michael, et al.
    Travis Taylor, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for Westgate, Venson.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 9th of August 2016 by Petitioners in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, 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).  