In re C.N.C.B.

JACKSON, Judge.

Respondent-mother (“respondent”) appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to C.N.C.B. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand.

On 5 September 2007, the Burke County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) filed a petition alleging that C.N.C.B. was a neglected juvenile. DSS stated that respondent and the juvenile were residing with respondent’s boyfriend, who was a registered sex offender and had a “long criminal history.” DSS claimed that respondent and her boyfriend had “engaged in domestic violence in the juvenile’s presence” and both of them “abuse[d]…