In re C.J.B.

ELMORE, Judge.

Esther Kay Coughenhour (respondent) is mother to two children: C.J.B. and M.G.B. After the two children were adjudicated neglected and dependant, the Moore County Department of Social Services filed a petition to terminate respondent's parental rights on 26 September 2001. From that point, respondent showed improvement in caring for the children, and termination proceedings were "suspended." But respondent could not maintain her improvement, relapsed into her previous behavior, and the trial court proceeded with termination. On 9 December 2002, 18 December 2002, and again on 28…