J.E.P. v. J.C.P.

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing that part of appellant’s petition for a protective order which alleges that respondent has sexually abused the parties’ children. We reverse and remand, based on the trial court’s failure to appoint a guardian ad litem as required by Minn.Stat. § 518.165, subd. 2 (1986).

FACTS

Appellant and respondent were married in 1980, and have three children (a son, age 6, a daughter, age 4, and a second daughter, age 3). The parties’ marriage deteriorated, and they eventually separated. Appellant has maintained throughout the dissolution…