In re T.S.

HUDSON, Judge.

In July 2001, the Pitt County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) filed a petition alleging that respondent mother’s children, T.S., III, and S.M., were neglected and dependent. DSS took the children into protective custody. On 22 January 2002, the trial court adjudicated the children neglected and dependent. Respondent appealed and on 20 April 2004, this Court remanded the case to the trial court “with instructions to make ultimate findings of fact based on the evidence and to enter clear and specific conclusions of law based on the findings of fact.” In re T.S., III, & S.M.,…