
    IN THE MATTER OF: EVA LEVONIA GRACE POPE, minor child
    No. 345A01
    (Filed 9 November 2001)
    Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 144 N.C. App. 32, 547 S.E.2d 153 (2001), affirming a judgment signed 9 May 2000 by Brown (Shirley H.), J., in District Court, Buncombe County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 October 2001.
    
      Charlotte A. Wade for petitioner-appellee Buncombe County Department of Social Services.
    
    
      Michael E. Casterline for respondent-appellant Rachel Pope.
    
    
      Cindy Sellars, Guardian ad Litem, by Attorney Advocate Judy N. Rudolph, appellee.
    
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.  