In Re PM

610 S.E.2d 403 (2005)

In the Matter of P.M.

No. COA04-346.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 5, 2005.

E.B. Borden Parker, Goldsboro, for petitioner-appellee.

Susan J. Hall, Fayetteville, for respondent-appellant.

GEER, Judge.

Respondent mother appeals from an order of the trial court adjudicating her son P.M. to be neglected and dependent. We hold that the trial court's findings of fact support its conclusion that P.M. is neglected, but that they are insufficient to establish dependency because the court failed to address the availability of appropriate alternative childcare arrangements. We,…