Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, __ N.C.App. __, 646 S.E.2d 631 (2007) , reversing an order signed on 18 April 2006 by Judge Louis A. Trosch, Jr. in District Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 10 December 2007.

          Mecklenburg County Attorney's Office, by J. Edward Yeager, Jr. and Tyrone C. Wade , for petitioner-appellant Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services.

          Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Sarah A. Motley , Charlotte, for appellant Guardian ad Litem.

          Charlotte Gail Blake , Jefferson, for respondent-appellee mother.           PER CURIAM.

          For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. This case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration of respondent's remaining assignments of error.

          REVERSED AND REMANDED.