In Re the Welfare of P.R.L.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge

Challenging the trial court’s decision to lift a stay and enter an order terminating her parental rights, appellant Roxanne La’Near contends that the court did not make the necessary findings of fact. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Eleven-year-old P.L. and his two older siblings (who have been placed in long-term foster care and whose parentage is not at issue in this case) have been in out-of-home placement since June 1996. In January 1998, the county petitioned to terminate appellant’s parental rights to P.L., alleging that appellant had neglected her children; that both…