Legal Opinion · Dissent

State in Interest of KKH

Utah Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1980No. 16562Published

1DissentMaughan, Justice

For the following reasons, I dissent. The difficulty in reviewing the proceedings of the Juvenile Court in this case involves the failure of that court to adhere to our law,1 which requires “ . . the court shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon, . . . ” Rule 52(a), U.R.C.P. This Court has previously admonished the Juvenile Court the law requires written findings and conclusions of law to support an adjudication.2

The only written findings in the record provide as follows:

“Findings And Conclusions: The court finds the petition of December 29, 1978, to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. State v. SchadUtah Supreme Court · 1970
  3. State v. JohnUtah Supreme Court · 1978
  4. State v. ChavezUtah Supreme Court · 1979
  5. State v. BurchUtah Supreme Court · 1941

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