In re L.M.C.

HUNTER, Judge.

By this appeal, the respondent-mother challenges the trial court's order granting guardianship of her minor daughter to Joy MacVane ("JM") and Ed Calamai ("EC"). As we conclude the trial court failed to appoint a guardian ad litem as required under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-602(b)(1) (2003), we remand for a new permanency planning hearing.

The pertinent facts tend to indicate that LMC is a minor child born on 2 September 1988. On 1 February 2000, LMC's father died and LMC began residing with her paternal grandmother. Her mother had a long history of emotional instability and after…