In Re THT

665 S.E.2d 54 (2008)

In the Matter of T.H.T.

No. 469A07.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 27, 2008.

Carolyn J. Yancey, Henderson, for petitioner-appellee Vance County Department of Social Services.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by K. Edward Greene and Tobias S. Hampson, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant mother.

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Justice.

To ensure placement and permanence for children "within a reasonable amount of time," the Juvenile Code provides clear and unambiguous time limits for entry of orders of adjudication and disposition, permanency planning orders, and orders terminating…