State Ex Rel. B.A.P.

WILKINS, Associate Chief Justice:

¶ 1 On appeal to the Utah Court of Appeals, Petitioners in these two cases challenged the termination of their parental rights. Acting pursuant to recently, adopted rules of appellate procedure, the court of appeals affirmed the termination orders in both cases based exclusively on a review of the records and the petitions on appeal. On certiorari, Petitioners now argue that the expedited procedures outlined in the appellate rules, and applied by the court of appeals, denied them their constitutional right to a meaningful appeal by precluding full presentation…