In re G.B.R.

STROUD, Judge.

Respondent-father appeals from the trial court’s orders terminating his parental rights to the minor children on the ground of neglect. For the following reasons, we reverse in part the orders of the trial court.

I. Facts and background

The Mitchell County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) filed juvenile petitions on 12 August 2009 alleging the minor children George and Sam1 to be neglected in that they did not receive proper care, supervision, or discipline, and they lived in an environment injurious to their welfare, and dependent in that they were in need of placement. At…