In re K.N. CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

Five-month-old twin sisters, Z.N. and Za.N., were each diagnosed with broken blood vessels under the surface of the eye, or subconjunctival hemorrhages. The twins were under the sole care and supervision of their parents when the injuries presented, and their parents were unable to account for how the injuries occurred. A child abuse pediatrician determined that under these circumstances, the twins’ injuries likely resulted from nonaccidental trauma and indicated a risk of more severe abuse in the future. The juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over the twins and their three- year-old sibling and returned the children to the parents’ home pursuant to a family maintenance plan. I.N. (Father) and S.M. (Mother) appeal from those orders, contending there was insufficient evidence to establish the twins suffered serious injury inflicted nonaccidentally by the parents, and as such, all three children’s petitions should be dismissed. The parents also challenge the juvenile court’s dispositional orders conditioning the children’s placement in the parents’ custody on their compliance with a family maintenance plan. Finding no error, we affirm the juvenile court’s…