IN RE PIERCE

No. COA00-1140.

554 S.E.2d 25 (2001)

In the Matter of Kristina Taylor Lindsey PIERCE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Talbutt, Wilmington, for petitioner-appellee.

R. Clarke Speaks, Wilmington, for respondent-appellant.

Regina Floyd Davis, Wilmington, for the Guardian ad Litem.


HUDSON, Judge.

Dawn Allison Weitner Cole (respondent), the mother of Kristina Taylor Lindsey Pierce (the child), appeals from the trial court's order terminating her parental rights. We reverse.

We begin by providing a synopsis of the uncontroverted evidence presented at the termination hearing. In August of 1996, the New Hanover County Department of Social Services (DSS) first became involved with respondent and her two older children (fathered by Ronald...

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