In re E.P.

I respectfully dissent. The core issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly denied petitioner's request for substance abuse records-without reviewing those records-on the ground that those records would only be relevant at the disposition stage of the hearing. It is well established that we review questions of relevance de novo. The question before this Court is whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in determining that the substance abuse records were not relevant at the adjudicative phase of the hearing.

In deciding this question, we must keep in mind the standard for…