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Appeals panel examines dependency finding after disputed shelter and adjudication colloquies
Summary
In Inray BD, advocates disputed whether a juvenile‑court dependency finding was supported when a parent cooperated in inpatient psychiatric care and at shelter did not explicitly seek to resume custody; the state said jurisdiction was appropriate given the record and parental concessions.
The Utah Court of Appeals heard argument in Inray BD, a juvenile‑court appeal that asked whether a dependency determination and continued juvenile‑court jurisdiction were proper when a parent agreed that the child required inpatient psychiatric care and the case included allegations relating to possible abuse and threats of self‑harm.
Counsel for the appellant (father), Colin Coburg, told the court the record lacks the statutory showing that the child was "without proper care" through the father’s fault and argued a dependency finding against a nonoffending parent is…
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