In the Matter of Cm

644 S.E.2d 630 (2007)

In the Matter of C.M., V.K., Q.K.

No. COA07-16.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 5, 2007.

Tyrone C. Wade, Charlotte, for petitioner-appellee Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services.

Mary McCullers Reece, Smithfield, for respondent-appellant-mother.

Poyner & Spruill LLP, by Michelle C. Hunt, Charlotte, for Guardian ad Litem-appellee.

STEELMAN, Judge.

There is no prejudice resulting from the trial court's noncompliance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1109(a) (2005), when the delay inures to respondent's benefit, affording respondent every possible opportunity to be…