¶1SPECIAL ORDER
¶2Upon consideration of the petition filed by intervenor on 31 August 2018 in this matter for writ of certiorari to review the order of the North Carolina Court of Appeals dismissing intervenor's appeal, the following order *704was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
¶3Allowed for the limited purpose of vacating the order of the Court of Appeals entered 27 July 2018 and remanding to the Court of Appeals with instructions that: (1) intervenor's appeal be treated in all respects as timely filed and procedurally proper; and (2) that the Court of Appeals reach the following issues presented by intervenor on appeal:
¶4I. Was there error in the trial court's assertion of jurisdiction over an adoption of Indian children covered by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act when the tribal court initially exercising jurisdiction over the children continued to assert jurisdiction?
¶5The parties are ordered to settle the record on appeal within thirty-five days.
¶6By order of the Court in Conference, this the 7th day of December, 2018.