M.T. v. State

OPINION

McHUGH, Judge:

1 MT. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court's adjudication order finding that he neglected his children by failing to exercise proper parental care. See generally Utah Code Ann. § 78A-6-105(25)(a)(ii) (2008) (defining neglect to include failure to provide proper parental care). We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

2 Father is the single adoptive parent of two boys, J.T., born in 1995, and B.T., born in 1998 (collectively, the Children). On July 11, 2008, Father was arrested on two counts of lewdness with a child and dealing in materials harmful to a minor. Following…