STATE EX REL. S.M.

No. 20051030.

154 P.3d 835 (2007)

2007 UT 21

STATE of Utah, in the interest of S.M., K.K., A.K., M.K., M.K., J.K., J.K., K.K., M.K., R.K., and L.K., persons under eighteen years of age. Office of the Guardian ad Litem, in the interest of Appellant, v. H.M., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., John M. Peterson, Carol L.C. Verdoia, Asst. Att'ys Gen., Salt Lake City, for the State.

Martha Pierce, Kristin G. Brewer, Anthony Ferdon, Salt Lake City, for the Office of the Guardian ad Litem.

Gary L. Bell, South Jordan, for H.M.

Daniel Virgil Irvin, Salt Lake City, for J.D.K., S.K.


On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 The Office of the Guardian ad Litem ("GAL") appeals directly from a permanency order by the juvenile court returning all but two of the eleven children of J.D.K. ("Father") and H.M. ("Mother") to Mother's custody. The GAL's appeal presents us with the following issues: (1) whether the permanency order was final for purposes of appellate review; (2) whether the...

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