MATTER OF BADZINSKI

No. 8510DC417.

339 S.E.2d 80 (1986)

In the Matter of Rebecca Ann BADZINSKI.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Wake Co. Atty. Corinne G. Russell, Raleigh, for petitioner Wake County Dept. of Social Services.

Thomas W. Jordan, Jr., Raleigh, for the juvenile Rebecca Ann Badzinski and for Rebecca Toole, guardian ad litem for the juvenile.

A. Larkin Kirkman, Raleigh, for respondent Mary Spanovich.


WELLS, Judge.

The dispositive issue presented by this appeal is whether the court below had authority pursuant to G.S. § 7A-650 to order the appellant mother to submit to psychological or psychiatric assessment and treatment. We conclude the court had no such authority; therefore, the order appealed from must be vacated.

G.S. § 7A-650 provides as follows in relevant part:

AUTHORITY OVER PARENTS OF JUVENILE ADJUDICATED AS DELINQUENT, UNDISCIPLINED...

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