In re A.Y.

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 waive counsel. Under this Court’s recent decision on remand from the Supreme Court in In re P.D.R., L.S.R., J.K.R., 224 N.C. App. 460, 737 S.E.2d 152…