In re Latisha C.

*1114The subject children were removed from the custody of the mother and placed in the custody of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services (hereinafter the DSS) pursuant to a finding of neglect. Three of the children were placed in a kinship foster home with their paternal uncle and his wife and the youngest child was placed in a nonkinship foster home. The mother originally moved to terminate placement of these four children with the DSS and to have them returned to her custody. However, the mother later modified her request to seek only the immediate return of the youngest child,…