In Re Knm

IN RE: K.N.M. and Y.M.M.

No. COA09-347

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Filed: August 4, 2009

This case not for publication

Laura M. Watts-Whitley, for petitioner-appellee Craven County Department of Social Services.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, by Kristy L. Rice, for Guardian ad Litem.

Windy H. Rose, for respondent-appellant mother.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where mother failed to appear at the original neglect and dependency proceeding, the trial court did not commit prejudicial error by failing to appoint provisional counsel to represent her. The trial court's unchallenged findings of fact are…