State ex rel. D.L.W.

|2Both the father, DLW Sr., and the child, DLW Jr., appeal a “judgment of adjudication and/or disposition” finding the child in need of care and ordering him into the custody of the Department of Social Services. For the reasons expressed, we affirm the order of custody but vacate in part and remand for further proceedings in accordance with the law.

Procedural Background

The child, a boy, was born on December 21, 1999; the mother and father were never married. According to the petition, the child had been living with his father since 2001, but in April 2010 the mother told him (the father)…