In re M.S.E.

Syllabus

Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to sua sponte conduct an inquiry into whether respondent should be appointed a guardian ad litem under Rule 17 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure whether the evidence supports the trial court's findings of fact and whether the findings of fact support its conclusion that respondent's parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) (2019) whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that it was in the children's best interests that respondent's parental rights be terminated.