IN RE L.B.

No. COA07-549.

653 S.E.2d 240 (2007)

In the Matter of L.B.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Middleton, Asheville, for Buncombe County Department of Social Services, petitioner-appellee.

Jerry W. Miller, Asheville, for guardian ad litem.

Richard E. Jester, Louisburg, for mother, respondent-appellant.

Hartsell & Williams, P.A. by Christy E. Wilhelm, Concord, for father, respondent-appellant.


JACKSON, Judge.

Opal and Ellis B. ("respondents") appeal the termination of their parental rights to their son, L.B., on 2 February 2007. For the reasons stated below, we dismiss the appeal.

On 13 February 2002, the Buncombe County Department of Social Services ("DSS") received a report concerning respondents' first child. Social workers visited respondents' home and found that it was inadequately maintained. The infant was in a drawer on the floor of a cold...

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