IN RE L.M.C.

No. COA04-912.

613 S.E.2d 256 (2005)

In the Matter of L.M.C.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunday A. Riggsbee, Pittsboro, for petitioner-appellee Chatham County Department of Social Services.

The Turrentine Group, PLLC, by Karlene Scott-Turrentine, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.


HUNTER, Judge.

By this appeal, the respondent-mother challenges the trial court's order granting guardianship of her minor daughter to Joy MacVane ("JM") and Ed Calamai ("EC"). As we conclude the trial court failed to appoint a guardian ad litem as required under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-602(b)(1) (2003), we remand for a new permanency planning hearing.

The pertinent facts tend to indicate that LMC is a minor child...

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