Driver v. Driver

“ADJUDICATION. The giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given. # # ° Or the entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. ” * Black’s Law Dictionary 63 (4th ed. 1951).

The questions posed in this appeal are whether the trial court made an “explicit adjudication” that it was in the best interest of James Driver, Jr., and the public that he be declared a ward of the court and, if such an adjudication was made, whether it was supported by the evidence in the record before us and determined without error.

On appeal, Driver does not contest the…