In Re Guarante

LEWIS, Judge.

On 2 August 1991 the Nash County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) obtained non-secure custody orders for five children living with Sally and Ed Brake pursuant to an investigation conducted earlier that day. On 6 August 1991 DSS served the Brakes with five petitions alleging abuse, neglect, and/or dependency. Later that day a five-day hearing was held to determine the need for continued non-secure custody pending an adjudicatory hearing set for 19 August 1991. At this five-day hearing the judge ordered the children to be returned to the home of the Brakes and dismissed all of…