Alleghany County Department of Social Services v. Reber

WHICHARD, Judge.

Respondent Tami W. Reber (respondent) appeals the termination of her parental rights to her daughter Tiffany Reber (Tiffany). Tiffany was twenty-six months old at the time of the hearing, is severely microcephalic and is developmentally slow. Crawford D. Reber (Reber), whose parental rights also were terminated, does not appeal.1 Based upon our application of In re Ballard, 311 N.C. 708, 319 S.E. 2d 227 (1984), to termination proceedings on the grounds of abuse, we have determined that certain findings of fact concerning Tiffany’s best interests, respondent’s fitness to care…