637 S.E.2d 537 (2006)

Teresa Smith GILREATH
v.
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

No. 310A06.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 15, 2006.

Schiller & Schiller, PLLC, by David G. Schiller, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Angel E. Gray, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-appellant.

*538 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.