IN RE MORALES

No. COA02-1037.

583 S.E.2d 692 (2003)

In the Matter of Olivia MORALES. In the Matter of Lilly Morales.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sampson County Department of Social Services, by Benjamin R. Warrick, Clinton, for petitioner-appellee.

Philip E. Williams, Roseboro, for respondents-appellants.

Isaac Cortes, Jr., Clinton, for Olivia and Lilly Morales.


GEER, Judge.

Respondents Jesus Morales and Alicia Locklear appeal the trial court's determination that their daughter Lillian ("Lilly") was an abused child and their daughter Olivia was a neglected child. Respondents argue primarily that the trial court should not have allowed social workers to testify as to statements made to them by Lilly and should have excluded the testimony of a social worker and a physician that they believed Lilly in fact to be abused. Since...

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