IN THE MATTER OF RAC

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Respondent appeals the trial court order terminating her parental rights to her three-year-old son, Ronald.1 For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm the trial court order.

The facts and procedural history pertinent to the instant appeal are as follows: On 6 January 2003, Buncombe County Department of Social Services ("petitioner") filed a petition ("the petition") requesting that the trial court terminate the parental rights of respondent and her husband, Mark.2 The petition asserted that sufficient grounds existed to terminate respondent's parentalrights pursuant to…