MATTER OF J.M.

No. 200PA21.

887 S.E.2d 823 (2023)

In the MATTER OF: J.M., N.M.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Vaughan , for petitioner-appellant Catawba County Department of Social Services.

Michelle FormyDuval Lynch , for appellant Guardian ad Litem.

David A. Perez , Thomasville, for respondent-appellee mother.

Wendy C. Sotolongo , Parent Defender, by J. Lee Gilliam , Assistant Parent Defender, for respondent-appellee father.


As a six-week-old infant, Nellie suffered physical abuse so severe that it left her near death and with brain bleeds, retinal hemorrhages too numerous to count in both of her eyes, and broken ribs.1 Medical examination revealed that Nellie had suffered at least one of the broken ribs from a prior instance...

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