In Re Adner G.

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Ligia Delgado and Jaris Garcia appeal from a decree of the Family Court that temporarily placed their infant child, Jad-nerisse G., and her two-year-old brother, Adner G., in the custody of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). The basis for this placement was a finding by a Family Court trial justice that the couple had abused and neglected Jadnerisse and neglected Adner, and that, therefore, placement with DCYF was warranted. This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on May 15, 2007, pursuant to an order directing the…