IN RE E.P., M.P

Thomas R. Young for petitioner-appellant Alexander County Department of Social Services,

Melanie Cranford for Guardian ad

Wyrick Robbins Yates Ponton LLP, by K. Edward Greene

Tobias S. Hampson, for respondent-appellee mother,

Hartsell Williams, P.A., by Christy E. Wilhelm, for respondent-appellee