In re the Stewart Children

COZORT, Judge.

This appeal arises from three orders of the District Court, Mecklenburg County, terminating the parental rights of the respondent, Diane Stewart Reid, on the grounds that she had neglected her children; that she left her children in foster care for more than 18 consecutive months without showing a positive response toward remedying the condition which led to their removal; and that she failed to pay a reasonable portion of support for the children for a continuous period of six months after they had been placed in the custody of the county Department of Social Services (DSS),…