Court of Appeals of Arizona· 9/2/1966

Hoffman v. Hoffman

Citations

417 P.2d 717
4 Ariz. App. 83
1966 Ariz. App. LEXIS 423

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stating that application of implied confession of error should not be mandatory in cases involving minor children
stating that when children are involved, a mandatory-confession-of-error rule would not “serve the ends of justice”
declining to apply court rule making mother’s refusal to file answering brief a default where doing so impacted best-interests determination
refusing to treat lack of answering brief as confession of error when children would be adversely affected
refusing to apply a court rule regarding the effect of a mother’s failure to file an answering brief in a child custody appeal, because doing so would have an adverse effect on the children, who were unrepresented but most interested in the proceeding
declining to find arguments waived where interests of minor children were involved

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Judges: Cameron, Stevens, Donofrio

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