F.L. v. K.P.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““[T]he trial court’s orders neither indicate what standard it applied in awarding custody to the maternal grandmother nor make the findings required by Rule 25(A), Ala. R. Juv. P., which provides, in pertinent part: “ ‘If the allegations of the juvenile petition are denied, the juvenile court shall direct that testimony of witnesses be taken. A dependency hearing shall be conducted consistent with legal and due-process requirements and shall proceed generally in a manner similar to the trial of a civil action before the court sitting without a jury.... At the close of the hearing, the juvenile court shall make one of the following findings in writing: “ ‘(1) That the facts alleged in the juvenile petition are true and the child is dependent, in need of supervision, or delinquent; or “‘(2) That the facts alleged in the petition are not proved or that the child is not in need of care or rehabilitation or supervision, in which event the juvenile petition shall be dismissed.’ “The trial court’s ‘final order’ does not make the required finding as to whether the child was dependent as of the time of either the initial hearing or the final hearing, and, moreover, the order fails to identify the specific grounds to support a finding of dependency pursuant to § 12-15-102(8), Ala.Code 1975. “Because the trial court’s orders are not sufficient to infer that a determination of dependency has been made, we remand this cause to the trial court for it to make, based on the existing record, ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 160 So. 3d 15 - A.C. v. L.H.