In re J.C.S.

ELMORE, Judge.

Penny S. (respondent) appeals from a permanency planning order (permanency planning order), entered in open court 3 December 2002 and filed 28 February 2003, setting a permanent plan of adoption for her minor children J.C.S., bom 13 May 1987, and R.D.S., born 19 August 1991. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm.

The record on appeal reveals that on 16 September 1999, the Catawba County Department of Social Services (DSS) filed a juvenile petition alleging that J.C.S. and R.D.S. were dependent and neglected juveniles within the meaning of N.C. Gen. Stat. §§7B-101(9) and…