In re D.B.J.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Respondent is the father of D.B.J., a child born of a relationship between Respondent and the child’s mother (Mother). D.B.J. is the youngest of Mother’s three children. D.B.J.’s maternal half siblings are a brother (Brother) and a sister (Sister). All three of Mother’s children were adjudicated neglected. Sister was additionally adjudicated abused. Respondent appeals from the adjudication of neglect for D.B.J. We affirm.

On 2 April 2008 Sister’s father brought her to the emergency room at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem for examination and treatment of marks and bruises he…