IN RE S.W.

No. COA07-707.

653 S.E.2d 425 (2007)

In the Matter of S.W.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharp, Michael, Outten & Graham L.L.P., by Steven D. Michael, Kitty Hawk, for petitioner-appellee Dare County Department of Social Services.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, by John J. Butler, Raleigh, for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Betsy J. Wolfenden, Chapel Hill, for respondent-appellant mother.

Richard Croutharmel, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant father.


HUNTER, Judge.

Both parents of S.W. appeal from an order adjudicating him abused and neglected. After careful review, we affirm as to both parents.

S.W. was born in July 2006. On 11 November 2006, S.W. was brought to the Outer Banks Hospital by his parents ("respondents"). There he presented with a high fever and symptoms of chest congestion. Chest x-rays showed that four of S.W.'s ribs, three on one side and one on the other, had been fractured and were in...

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