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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 23, 2012

Mr. President:

    The Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee reports a favorable recommendation on 2nd Sub. H.B. 237, CHILD WELFARE AMENDMENTS, by Representative W. Harper, with the following amendments:

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             20      Family Services;

  requires an appellate court to apply de novo review to issues presented in an appeal of a juvenile court's finding of abuse, neglect, or an order to terminate parental rights;      


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             67      Utah 2008, Chapter 17
  ENACTS:

    78A-4-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953  


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             585      soon as possible.
    
  Section 8. Section 78A-4-201 is enacted to read:

     78A-4-201. Appellate review of juvenile courts.
    (1) The court shall apply nondeferential de novo review to issues of fact and law

raised in an appeal of a juvenile court's:
    (a) finding of abuse;
    (b) finding of neglect; or
    (c) order terminating parental rights.
    (2) The issue of whether the evidence presented in a juvenile court, taken as a whole, constitutes clear and convincing evidence shall be a matter of law subject to review by the court.  



     Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

        Respectfully,

        Peter C. Knudson
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-0-1
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