In re L.M.T.

NEWBY, Justice.

In this case we consider the statutory requirement that a trial court make certain findings of fact in matters involving the legal separation of a parent and child. Though a trial court is required to make written findings of fact in a permanency planning order that consider the factors in section 7B-507 of our General Statutes, these findings *166need not recite the statutory language verbatim. When reviewing the sufficiency of such orders, an appellate court should consider whether the trial court’s findings of fact address the substance of the statutory requirements. Further,…