In re C.E.L.

McGEE, Judge.

Respondent, the paternal aunt of C.E.L., appeals from a permanency planning order placing custody and guardianship of C.E.L. with C.E.L.'s maternal great-grandmother, M.R.O. C.E.L.'s natural mother is deceased. C.E.L.'s natural father has not participated in the proceedings regarding C.E.L.'s placement. Respondent and her husband (R.E.H.) had obtained a temporary, nonprejudicial custody order for C.E.L. pursuant to an action brought under Chapter 50 of the North Carolina General Statutes (Chapter 50). R.E.H. is not a party to this appeal.

The evidence at the permanency planning…