In the Interest of D.T.

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this child in need of assistance (CHINA) proceeding, the juvenile court adjudicated seven children to be children in need of assistance. Following dispositional hearings, the juvenile court ordered that the children’s custody continue with the department of human services for placement purposes. The mother, but not the father, appealed. We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which affirmed the underlying CHINA adjudications but ordered the district court to take such further evidence as would be necessary to assure the return of the children to their mother’s…