MATTERS OF S.M.L.

No. COA 19-476.

846 S.E.2d 790 (2020)

In the MATTERS OF: S.M.L., E.R.M.L., Minor Children.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: July 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New Hanover County Department of Social Services, by Jill R. Cairo , Reidsville, for petitioner-appellee.

Miller and Audino, LLP, Greenville, by Jeffrey L. Miller , for appellant-mother.

Administrative Office of the Courts, by Michelle FormyDuval Lynch , for appellee-guardian ad litem.


This appeal arises out of an Order on Adjudication of neglect and Initial Disposition. Because there were not sufficient findings of fact to support the trial court's conclusion of neglect as to one of the juveniles, Ed,1 we reverse the adjudication as to Ed and remand for further findings. The trial court...

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