IN RE STATE IN INTEREST OF VALDEZ

No. 12826.

504 P.2d 1372 (1973)

29 Utah 2d 63

In re STATE of Utah, In the Interest of Joseph Gavino VALDEZ, age five years, and Ernestina Valdez, age three years, Minors, Gavino Joe Valdez, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. Rose, Salt Lake City, L.G. Bingham, Ogden, for appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Kent T. Yano, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondents.


CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Gavino Joe Valdez appeals from an order of the Juvenile Court, wherein his two minor children were adjudged "dependent" and placed in the temporary custody of the Utah State Division of Family Services for placement in a foster home.

Mr. Valdez was accused of killing his former wife, the mother of the children here involved, and was incarcerated in the Weber County Jail, without bail, on a charge of first degree murder. At the time...

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