Matter of Badzinski

WELLS, Judge.

The dispositive issue presented by this appeal is whether the court below had authority pursuant to G.S. § 7A-650 to order the appellant mother to submit to psychological or psychiatric assessment and treatment. We conclude the court had no such authority; therefore, the order appealed from must be vacated.

G.S. § 7A-650 provides as follows in relevant part:

Authority over parents of juvenile adjudicated as DELINQUENT, UNDISCIPLINED, ABUSED, NEGLECTED, OR DEPENDENT.(a) If the judge orders medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, or other treatment pursuant to G.S. 7A-647(3),…