In re O.S.

HUNTER, Judge.

Respondent-mother ("respondent") appeals from a nonsecure custody review hearing order placing custody of her minor child, "O.S.," with his father. Respondent argues the trial court erred in transferring custody *607of the child to his father without an adjudication hearing. We agree and vacate the order of the trial court.

On 27 September 2004, the Union County Department of Social Services ("DSS") filed a juvenile petition alleging O.S. was a neglected and dependent child in that he had been abandoned, lived in an environment injurious to his welfare, and lacked appropriate…