STATE IN INTEREST OF K.J.

Nos. 20170812-CA 20170814-CA.

437 P.3d 609 (2018)

2018 UT App 216

STATE of Utah, IN the INTEREST OF K.J., a Person Under Eighteen Years of Age. J.J., Appellant, and C.J., Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed November 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheleigh A. Harding , Salt Lake City, Attorney for Appellant J.J.

Jordan Putnam , Cottonwood Heights, Attorney for Appellant C.J.

Sean D. Reyes , Carol L.C. Verdoia , and John M. Peterson , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellee.

Martha Pierce and Natalia Peterson , Salt Lake City, Guardian ad Litem.

Judge Michele M. Christiansen Forster authored this Opinion, in which Judges Ryan, M. Harris and Diana Hagen concurred.


Opinion

¶1 This case requires us to determine whether the State may file a petition seeking termination of parental rights when the child is already subject to ongoing abuse, neglect, and dependency proceedings.1 We conclude that the plain language of the Juvenile Court Act...

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