In Re CMS

646 S.E.2d 592 (2007)

In the Matter of C.M.S.

No. COA07-108.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 2007.

Mark T. Lowder for petitioner-appellee Stanly County Department of Social Services; Vita Pastorini, Albemarle, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Janet K. Ledbetter, Hillsborough, for respondent-appellant.

HUNTER, Judge.

Donna S. ("respondent-mother") appeals the termination of her parental rights as to C.M.S. After careful consideration, we affirm.

At the age of five, C.M.S. lived with respondent-mother and respondent-mother's boyfriend, Roger Jernigan, Jr. ("Jernigan"). During her time living…