State ex rel. M.H. v. State

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING,

concurring:

T141 I cannot agree with the majority's analysis that the statutory deadline contained in Utah Code section T8A-6-809(2) was waived; and thus I respectfully dissent and concur only in the result. I do not say that the statutory deadline can never 'be waived, but I would hold that waiver is only possible if the parties and the court strictly comply with the relevant Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure. I would hold that no waiver of the mandatory statutory deadline occurred because the juvenile court did not follow rule 54 of the Utah Rules of Juvenile…