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In re K.N.O.11/1/2005
tody order issued at that time. The . . . children were adjudicated abused and neglected on September 10, 2003. In the disposition announced September 23, 2003, they were continued in the custody of . At the permanency planning hearing, the [trial] court adopted a concurrent plan of reunification and adoption. The . . . children have been in the same foster/adopt home since June 21, 2003, and have been residents of North Carolina since birth. No relative placements aresuitable.
3. The findings of fact in the adjudication and dispositional orders and the permanency planning order are incorporated herein by reference. Certain findings are repeated herein for ease of reference.
4. K.N.O. falls within the diagnosis of Battered Child Syndrome. K.N.O. had healed posterior left rib fractures at ribs 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and also fractures at the right seventh rib and the right tenth rib . These fractures were sustained prior to January 18, 2003. The right seventh rib fracture was older than the other rib fracture . Such rib fractures in a child less than a year old are highly specific for child abuse, and are caused by squeezing of the torso by a far larger person, such as an adult or teenager. [Respondent's] and [the children's father's] explanations of how the injuries might have been sustained were not consistent with the injuries themselves.
6. Ms. Julie Day and Ms. Sarah Shelley, licensed clinical social workers, diagnosed A.R.O. as having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, rather than Reactive Attachment Disorder or the prior diagnosis of Attachment Disorder.
7. After a visit with [respondent] on June 10, 2004, A.R.O. had a bowel movement in her pants and smeared feces in the bathroom. After the visit, the children had finger nail polish and red markings on their arms and legs. After a visit in April 2004, A.R.O. had a cross drawn on her forehead and K.N.O. had drawings on her feet and hands.
8. K.N.O. is doing well in her placement and is very bonded to her foster parents.
9. [Respondent] is still residing with her father, Larry McDaniel. She has beenunemployed throughout the case.
10. Today the court received a copy of the psychological evaluation of [respondent] signed December 22, 2003 by Gordon Cappelletty, Licensed Psychologist, and Janine [Szymanski], Licensed Psychological Associate. Included in its findings were that [respondent] reported that she had drunk alcoholic beverages as late as a week prior to the date of her December 9, 2003 interview, and that she continued to drink despite negative consequences including losing custody of children and dissolution of her marriage. [Respondent] stated she did not verbalize understanding that her alcoholism had affected her ability to parent, stating she drank only while the children were asleep, and the report further states she did not seem to understand being hung over and tired during the day after staying up late the night before would be likely to affect her patience, her ability to maintain consistency, and her ability to respond to the children's needs. The report further states that [respondent] recognized the acute need for help and she was contemplating obtaining inpatient substance abuse treatment.
11. [Respondent] lost her driver's license due to an incident of driving while intoxicated in January of 2004 for which she was convicted in March of 2004. [Respondent] was scheduled to begin a twenty-eight day inpatient substance abuse treatment program on February 8, 2004, but did not attend the program. [Respondent] did obtain a substance abuse assessment in June of 2004 and attended her first substance abuse class on June 16, 2004. [Respondent] has sche
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