B.B. v. State, Department of Children & Families

PATTERSON, Chief Judge.

B.B., the mother, appeals from the final order terminating her parental rights to G.R., age eight, W.R., age five, and D.R., age four.

A petition for dependency was filed on November 18, 1997, alleging that the mother had a substance abuse problem and was neglecting her children. The children were placed with their paternal grandmother on November 11, 1997, and later, on May 4, 1999, with their paternal aunt and uncle in Virginia. They remain there at this time.

*989The mother signed an initial case plan on October 1, 1997. An updated plan was filed August 6, 1999, which had…