In re T.B.

LEVINSON, Judge.

Respondents appeal from orders terminating their respective parental rights in their minor children, T.B., C.B., and J.B. For the reasons that follow, we vacate these orders.

In December 2002 the Vance County Department of Social Services (DSS) filed petitions to terminate respondents' parental rights in the minor children. Prior to a hearing, respondents filed motions to dismiss the petitions for failure to comply with the requirements of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1104. The trial court denied their motions, and on 2 December 2004 the court entered orders terminating respondents'…