In re Amir L.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about March 5, 2012, which found that respondents had neglected their son, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the findings of neglect vacated, and the petition dismissed.

The Family Court dismissed the abuse charges against respondents on the ground that petitioner did not prove by a preponderance of the credible evidence that they had intentionally caused their five-month-old son’s fractured femur. The court found that the opinion of petitioner’s medical expert, Dr. Cooper, that the child’s…