Opinion
Case No. 20091079-CA.
Filed February 4, 2010. Not For Official Publication
Appeal from the Seventh District Juvenile, Moab Department, 1017264, The Honorable Mary L. Manley.
Travis H. Blackburn, Price, for Appellants.
Mark L. Shurtleff, Carol L.C. Verdoia, and John M. Peterson, Salt Lake City, for Appellee.
Martha Pierce, Salt Lake City, Guardian Ad Litem.
Before Judges McHugh, Orme, and Bench.
The Honorable Russell W. Bench, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment pursuant to Utah Code section 78A-3-102 (2008) and rule 11-201(6) of the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
B.J. and S.J. (Parents) appeal the juvenile court's December 16, 2009 order. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
The Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that a party may appeal from final, appealable orders and judgments.See Utah R. App. P. 3(a). In child welfare proceedings, a final, appealable order is one that ends the juvenile court proceedings, leaving no question open for further action by the juvenile court. See In re A.F., 2006 UT App 200, ¶ 8, 138 P.3d 65. An order that does not completely determine the rights of the parties is an interlocutory order.See id. This court has previously held that certain types of permanency orders are not final, appealable orders. See id. ¶ 10. Permanency orders that terminate reunification services are interlocutory in nature if further action is contemplated by the juvenile court.See id.
The record indicates that the juvenile court's order terminated reunification services and set this matter for an upcoming review hearing. Because further action is contemplated by the juvenile court, the juvenile court's order is interlocutory in nature. Thus, this court lacks jurisdiction and must dismiss the appeal.See id. ¶ 8.
Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed without prejudice as to the filing of a timely appeal from a final order.