OPINION
D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., and RICHARD H. DINKINS, JJ., joined.
Pursuant to statute and the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, a dependency and neglect proceeding is conducted in two distinct phases. The first phase involves an adjudicatory hearing where the juvenile court must determine if the allegations in the dependency and neglect petition have been sustained. If the allegations have...
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