In Re NB

670 S.E.2d 923 (2009)

In the Matter of N.B., I.B., A.F.

No. COA08-1082.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 20, 2009.

Richard Croutharmel, Raleigh, for appellant respondent-mother.

Pamela Newell Williams, Raleigh, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

STROUD, Judge.

Respondent-mother appeals from order terminating her parental rights to her children, N.B., I.B. and A.F. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

I. Background

On 7 May 2007, Orange County Department of Social Services ("DSS") filed juvenile petitions alleging that N.B., I.B. and A.F. were neglected juveniles. The petitions…