Legal Opinion · Concurrence

In re D.K., Juvenile

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided March 23, 2012No. 2011-076Published

1Concurrence

Dooley, J.,

¶ 24. concurring. I concur fully in the Court’s decision. I write only to urge the Legislature to reconsider a decision made in the recent judicial branch restructuring legislation. In making this plea, I am trying to avoid situations where the wording of legislation fails to implement legislative intent such that important policy objectives cannot be reached. It is hard to read our decision in this case without concluding that we have invented a case processing machine so complicated that we cannot easily control its operating rules.

¶ 25. This case is fundamentally about what…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. WillisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
  2. Northern Security Insurance v. PerronSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
  3. State v. HamlinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
  4. In re G.T.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2000
  5. In re P.M.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1991

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