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IN RE N.E.L.

No. COA08-1573.

676 S.E.2d 907 (2009)

In the Matter of N.E.L., a minor child.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief, for Robeson County Department of Social Services, petitioner-appellee.

North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, by Associate Legal Counsel Pamela Newell Williams, Raleigh, for Guardian ad Litem.

Robin E. Strickland, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant mother.

JACKSON, Judge.

Respondent-mother ("respondent") appeals the termination of her parental rights to her son, N.E.L. For the reasons stated below, we vacate.

Robeson County DSS ("DSS") took custody of N.E.L. on 6 January 2005, when he was just three days old. His mother had had no prenatal care and had used drugs during her pregnancy. N.E.L. tested positive at birth for cocaine. On 10 May 2005, N.E.L. was adjudicated a neglected juvenile within the meaning of...

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