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IN RE A.Y.

No. COA12-80.

737 S.E.2d 160 (2013)

In the Matter of A.Y.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail E. Carelli , for petitioner-appellee.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes , by Assistant Appellate Defender J. Lee Gilliam , for respondent-appellant.

N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, by Appellate Counsel Pamela Newell , for guardian ad litem.

GEER, Judge.

Respondent mother appeals from the trial court's order ceasing reunification efforts and granting guardianship of the minor child A.Y. ("Ava")1 to the child's paternal grandparents. Respondent mother primarily argues that the trial court erred in allowing her to proceed pro se. She contends that because the court had appointed respondent mother a guardian ad litem ("GAL"), only the GAL, acting in a substitutive capacity, could...

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