In re V.A.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

In two separate appeals, the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, Youth and Family Services (“YFS”) appeals from the trial court’s adjudication and dispositional order (COA11-1431) and custody review and permanency planning order (COA12-170) placing the juvenile V.A. in the custody of her maternal great-grandmother in South Carolina.

The legal issues in these two appeals are closely related and involve the same material facts; thus, upon our own initiative, we consolidate these appeals for the purpose of rendering a single opinion on all issues properly before…