In re B.L.

HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N., Judge.

Respondent-mother appeals from an order terminating her parental rights in her son "Ben"1 and from the earlier permanency planning order in which the trial court eliminated reunification from Ben's permanent placement plan. See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1001(a)(5)(a), (6) (2017). We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 2 June 2016, the Pitt County Department of Social Services ("DSS") obtained non-secure custody of two-week-old Ben and filed a juvenile petition alleging he was neglected. After a hearing on 20 October 2016, the trial court adjudicated Ben a…