In the Interest of Trotter

Swinehart, J.:

This appeal arises out of a proceeding finding the natural father, Archie Trotter, unfit and severing his parental rights to his minor children, Nyree and Eric.

The case was originally tried prior to court unification and Archie Trotter appealed adverse rulings of the juvenile court of Wyandotte County to the district court where he was granted a trial de novo. The trial de novo was conducted without recording the proceedings by any means, and the trial court’s findings of facts and conclusions of law were not journalized until some months after the hearing. Trotter moved for a…