In re G.C.
In re G.C., 2025 UT App 182 (per curiam)
Child Welfare
The Utah Court of Appeals held:
- A permanent guardianship does not have “prospective application” as the term is used in rule 60(b)(5) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure because it does not require the juvenile court to “supervise changing conduct or conditions that are provisional or tentative.”
- A parent regaining custody of a sibling is not an “extraordinary circumstance” under rule 60(b)(5) or 60(b)(6) to justify setting aside a permanent guardianship order for the child.
- Practice tip: Permanency timelines for child welfare cases are based on the date the child is initially removed from the home, so two siblings could be on different permanency timelines if they were removed at different times.