Opinion
Case No. 990674-CA
Filed October 25, 2001. (Not For Official Publication)
Appeal from the Third District, Salt Lake Department, The Honorable Homer F. Wilkinson.
J. Bruce Savage, Park City, for Appellant.
Les F. England, Park City, for Appellee.
Before Judges Bench, Davis, and Orme.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
It is clear that several of the trial court's legal conclusions are wide of the mark given the evidence in this case. However, as we have often stated, a decision terminating parental rights will be affirmed if even one of the statutory grounds is demonstrated.See, e.g., In re S.L., 1999 UT App 390,¶ 32, 995 P.2d 17, cert. denied, 4 P.3d 1289 (Utah 2000).
The trial court's conclusion of parental unfitness and incompetence is supported by a number of its factual findings, including findings 6, 8, 9, and 17. Given the advantaged position of the trial court to judge the credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence before it, see Bruner v. Carver, 920 P.2d 1153, 1158 (Utah 1996), we cannot say that the findings are clearly erroneous. See In re R.A.J., 1999 UT App 329,¶ 13, 991 P.2d 1118.
Affirmed.
Gregory K. Orme, Judge
WE CONCUR:
Russell W. Bench, Judge
James Z. Davis, Judge