G.F. v. Superior Court CA1/4
At the age of five weeks, A.M. (Minor) was found to have multiple cracked ribs at different stages of healing, two broken clavicles, retinal hemorrhaging, and severe brain damage. The doctors who treated him concluded his injuries were sustained through abuse, rather than through accident or trauma during birth. The juvenile court found Minor a dependent child, denied reunification services to his parents, and set a hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. Minor’s parents, G.F. (Mother) and G.M. (Father), contend the juvenile court improperly refused to continue the jurisdictional and dispositional hearing to allow them to secure expert testimony that Minor’s injuries could have occurred during birth. We shall deny the petition on the merits.
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