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STATE IN INTEREST OF J.N.

No. 990180-CA.

997 P.2d 345 (2000)

2000 Utah Ct. App. 73

STATE of Utah, IN the INTEREST OF the Adoption of J.N. and J.N., persons under eighteen years of age. J.N. and R.N., Petitioners and Appellants, v. State of Utah, Respondent and Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

March 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Lems, Larsen & Mooney Law, Salt Lake City, for Appellants.

Jan Graham, Atty. Gen., and Jeffrey S. Buckner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Martha Pierce and Tracy Mills, Salt Lake City, Guardians Ad Litem.

Before JACKSON, Associate P.J., BENCH, and BILLINGS, JJ.

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

¶ 1 J.N. and R.N. (appellants) appeal the juvenile court's denial of their motion for relief and intervention, seeking to set aside the adoption of their niece and nephew, J.N. and J.N. (the children) to nonrelatives. We remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In November 1996, the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was awarded temporary custody of the children because...

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